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IlikeZARcoins

I have a 1945 1/12 Shilling from Jersey here but with Elizabeth II on the Obverse yet the coins on Ebay are with George VI on the obverse.

Were there two types minted in 1945 - one with George VI and one with Elizabeth ? It seems so but could I please receive a concrete answer as to what happenend ?

TIA

IlikeZARcoins

Got it on Google:

George is KM 19.

Liz is KM 20.

Read about Lizzie here.

kuhli

<< <i>I have a 1945 1/12 Shilling from Jersey here but with Elizabeth II on the Obverse yet the coins on Ebay are with George VI on the obverse.

Were there two types minted in 1945 - one with George VI and one with Elizabeth ? It seems so but could I please receive a concrete answer as to what happenend ?

TIA >>




ummm, Elizabeth, daughter of George VI, did not become Queen until her father died in 1952. Before that, she was merely Princess Elizabeth (Heir Apparent). Not until she was coronated in 1953 did she officially take the title of Elizabeth II

Are you sure your coin is dated 1945??

kuhli

okay. I just looked it up in Krause. Interesting, that there isn't any other date.

IlikeZARcoins

Yep - weird how they put 1945 on Lizzies coin as it was minted in 1954.

Sapyx

As stated in Krause, these coins (KM#20) were actually struck in 1954, just as the "Liberated 1945" ones with King George VI's portrait (KM#19) were actually struck between 1949 and 1952 - you can tell, because the "IND: IMP:" was removed from all Commonwealth coins after India became a republic in 1947, and KM#19 doesn't have IND: IMP:.

So the date commemorates when they were liberated, not the year the coin was struck. Why would they do that? I guess they were really happy to be liberated!