3 Sixpence

The 1931 and the 1941 are silver. The throne did change hands that is why you see the different monograms. It went from George V to Edward the VIII (for less than a year though, he loved a woman more than he loved the crown and abdicated after 10 months and was then succeeded by George the VI in 1937. The silver content is 92.5% up until 1920 and then after that it went down to 50% until 1946. In 1947 it went to a cupro-nickel mixture until 1967 when it was no longer produced. They made one last one in a proof set and that was in 1970. If you need more info here is a great website.

http://www.sixpenceking.com/

I am putting together a 6p set right now and I really like them and they don't cost an arm and a leg like some US sets.

Thanks for the info Irish, great website too.

[quote]trdhrder007 said:
Interesting that the obverse changed. Is this due to a change in the Monarchy?[/qoute]
Yes, as scoutjim stated. You'll also notice the reverse changed for the George VI coins between 1941 and 1951. This is also due to a "change in the monarchy", though not a change in the monarch.

The 1941 coin declares George VI to be Emperor of India; this is indicated by the "IND:IMP" Latin inscription and in the monogram: "GRI" for "Georgius Rex Imperator". In 1947 India became independent, so after that date the coinage was "de-imperialized". References to the king being "emperor" (such as IND IMP) were dropped from the legends on all British and British Colonial coinage. They even redesigned the king's monogram to remove the "I", changing it to "G VI R".