1951 - 1962 - Ceylon

George VI - TwentyFive cents

A definitive decimal Ceylon currency TwentyFive cents cent Nickel Brass coin.

SPECIFICATIONS Denomination 25 cents Alloy Ni-Brass Diameter 19.0 mm Thickness  mm Weight 2.754 gms Shape Round Edge Security edge DieAxis O°
	KM #122

Obverse : Crowned effigy of George VI to left in relief in the center of the legend KING GEORGE THE SIXTH on left and right along periphery

Reverse : Large numeral 25 below which CENTS; Sinhala sather visipaha; and Tamil 25 Satam on consecutive lines with A palm frond on ether side and at bottom CEYLON . A crown above dividing the numerals of year 19 51.

Pridmore	Year	Alloy	Issue	Coined	Mint	Proof
149	1951	NiBrass	4,032,000	1951	India Mint	149A
149	1951	NiBrass	6,000,000	1952	India Mint
149	1951	NiBrass	1,528,000	1959	India Mint
149	1951	NiBrass	2,500,000	1959	Royal Mint
149	1951	NiBrass	4,000,000	1960	Royal Mint
149	1951	NiBrass	2,000,000	1962	Royal Mint

The Mint figures above from Royal Mint Report. The 7.0M minted in 1951 was coins with frozen year 1943 according to Sallay's unpublished records from the Board meeting minutes of the Central Bank of Ceylon.

Royal Mint Report for 1959 states that new Master tools for coinages for Ceylon 25c were made to accord with sample pieces supplied. For the obverse reduction-punces of the effigy were prepared from an existing intermediate model and the inscriptions were engraved by hand on the succeeding matrix. For the Reverse matrix was engraved by hand.

The Royal Mint striking differ slightly in details of the date numerals 9 and 5.

The total above for 1951 Mint figure 20,060,000 from Royal Mint Report and Sallay. The total of year 1951 of 29.56M given by Robert Harris(1970) and 25.94M by Remick (1968) are both are in Error. Pridmore (1961) who says 17.32M in 1951 and 2.5M in Royal mint but this excludes some minting till 1962 after cataloged.

The Proof coin from set sealed in cellophane was scaned at 300dpi and the images are displayed at 300dpi.