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India-British 1940 Rupee 11.6 grams, .9170 fine silver, 0.3437 ASW  
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My 1940 canadian quarter, my oldest quarter 
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Set of British coins for 1939 - the year the Second World War broke out. The 12-sided nickel-brass threepence was introduced in 1937, but the silver 'threepenny bit' continued to be issued until 1944. There were also separate English and Scottish shillings! The monogram on the sixpence is 'GRI' for Georgius Rex Imperator, meaning 'George, King and Emperor' (i.e. Emperor of India). 
Edited by NumisRob 04/06/2015 02:59 am
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1939-D Jefferson NickelMintage: 3.5 million  
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1939 Canadian Royal Visit Commemorative Silver Dollar The reverse shows the centre block of the Parliament Buildings.  
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1939 d walker. For some reason I like the dark rim toning on the reverse.  
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Edited by ChildOfTheWheat 04/06/2015 11:41 am
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Quote: I haven't seen many German coins posted, so here is one from the war-era Third Reich. Very nice. I always like seeing non US coins in the mix. 
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Canada 1939 Half Dollar  
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1939 and 1939 D Washington 
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Thanks jbuck, I do too! Next coin up is a 1939 10 Rappen from Switzerland - pure Ni - mintage of 10,022,000. Portrait on obverse is lady Liberty. Its interesting to look back at the history of the 5, 10, 20 Rappen/Centimes (whatever you want to call it) coins of Switzerland since they have surprisingly maintained the same design since the start of the Swiss Confederation in 1850. Officially, the Rappen coins made of pure Nickel from 1881-1938 have been removed from circulation because machines that use coins cannot detect them, but all 1, 5, 10, 20 Rappen coins from as far back as even 1870-80s are still accepted in general commerce and have not been demonetized.   Hope you had a happy Monday! 
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