Ind:imp - 1947ml Vs 1948 British Coins

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kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 12/25/2013 2:18 pm I only recently noticed that my 1948 British six-pence still has IND:IMP on the reverse. Does anyone know why Canada was so concerned about removing IND:IMP following the independence of India that they waited before minting actual 1948s until the obverse was changed, and yet Great Britain continued to use IND:IMP on their coins until 1949? Report this Post to the Staff

nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 12/25/2013 3:15 pm Maybe we had more respect for a colony leaving absolute British dominion Or maybe we just have a bunch of control freaks in Ottawa. Same story with the 1936 dot: "Mint INACCURATE coins?! How about you just SHOOT ME!" (proceeds to add a minute difference so everyone will know that this batch of coins is not PERFECT) However, it didn't take much work to add the maple leaf. I have seen a picture of the maple-leaf punch - it was carved up on the spot by the Chief Engraver (the maple leaf is the same size on all denominations, because it is all the same punch) and is now in the Bank of Canada Currency Museum (which is closed for 3 years ). Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17909 Posts	Posted 12/25/2013 4:26 pm I've always wondered why British coins dated 1948 still had IND IMP on them. Perhaps large numbers were actually struck in 1947 and stockpiled for release in early 1948? Apart from the threepence, 1948 was a very high mintage year for UK coins. Or perhaps they had prepared a lot of obverse dies and didn't want to waste them - this was a period of rationing and austerity, and they had only just gone through one major change, replacing silver with cupro-nickel in 1947. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 12/25/2013 5:26 pm There's a reference on Calgary Coin website http://www.calgarycoin.com/modern/cddollar.htm : "The redesign had to be done in England and it had to be done for every country in the British Commonwealth, and it was late in 1948 before the new half dollar dies were ready. " which implies other commonwealth countries were similarly inspired, but I haven't looked up 1948 coins for Australia or NZ to see what happened there. I like nalaberong's control freak theory. Did we read the same article on the ML punch, nalaberong? I posted it in another thread on this topic (regarding relative value of 1947ML dollar versus 1948). Anyway, clearly I'm obsessed with this story... and I'm not even Canadian. Edit: Looks like NZ changed from "George VI King Emperor" in 1947 to "King George The Sixth" in 1948, while Australia kept IND:IMP through 1948. Edited by kbbpll 12/25/2013 5:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff
DoubleEagle20 Pillar of the Community United States 1748 Posts	Posted 12/26/2013 10:55 am I think nalaberong is probably right on both counts. Accurate dating AND respect for another country breaking away from British colonialism. Not surprised on the Brits running IMP:IND until 1949. The dissolution of its empire is difficult for any nation to accept, but is eventual. Empires rise and fall, just the normal flow of human history. Edited by DoubleEagle20 12/26/2013 10:58 am Report this Post to the Staff
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