| SPECIFICATIONS | |
| Denomination | Ten cents |
| Alloy | Silver |
| Diameter | 15.5 mm |
| Thickness | 1.0 mm |
| Weight | 1.166 gms |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Grained |
| DieAxis | O° |
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Obverse : Crowned Head of George VI to left in relief
in the center with Engraver initials P.M. in low relief.
Legend GEORGE VI KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA. broken by the crown,
within dot circle along periphery with raised rim.
Reverse : A Talipot palm in the center dividing the numerals 1 0 .
ශත දහය in Sinhala on right,
௧0•சதம் in Thamil
on left.
Above CEYLON in scroll, Below CENTS and • year •
within dot circle along periphery with raised rim.
| Pridmore | Year | Alloy | Issue | Coined | Mint |
| 176 | 1941 | Ag 550. | 3,823,000 | 1941 | Calcutta |
Pridmore lists mintage of 16,271,000, saying figure includes coins
struck in 1942. However the 1942 Royal Mint reports NO
10 cent coins.
However the Royal Mint report lists 12,448,000 5 cents coins with
currency value of Rs 622,400/- just under the 50 cents
Silver without indicating the change in Metal. Since there is no
5 cents Silver, I assume Pridmore considered that as a Typo and
corrected it to Ten-cents of which the coin was silver in 1941.
However in this case the Total currency value will need to be wrong as
well. There was also a 1942 5 cents the mintage which was then
assumed to have been included with 1943!!
So unless there is independent evidence (like from Royal Mint)
to confirm this is a typo of denominations, then Pridmore is in
error. That mintage was copied by Harris, Remick, Krause, and so on.
Have mintage numbers have been hand copied from one source to another
over the years, propergating typographic errors :-)
What needs to be adopted as the primary reference for the most
reliable information.
When this coin was demonetized a token was issued by General Post Office (G.P.O.) to operate phone Booths.
The coin was scaned at 300dpi and the images are displayed at 300dpi.