The
British florin, or two-
shilling piece (2/– or 2''s''.) was a
coin
A coin is a small, flat (usually depending on the country or value), round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order t ...
worth of one
pound
Pound or Pounds may refer to:
Units
* Pound (currency), a unit of currency
* Pound sterling, the official currency of the United Kingdom
* Pound (mass), a unit of mass
* Pound (force), a unit of force
* Rail pound, in rail profile
Symbols
* Po ...
, or 24
pence
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. It was issued from 1849 until 1967, with a final issue for collectors dated 1970. It was the last coin circulating immediately prior to
decimalisation
Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.
Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal ...
to be demonetised, in 1993, having for a quarter of a century circulated alongside the
ten-pence piece, identical in specifications and value.
The florin was introduced as part of an experiment in decimalisation that went no further at the time. The original florins, dated 1849, attracted controversy for omitting a reference to God from
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...
's titles; that type is accordingly known as the "Godless florin", and was in 1851 succeeded by the "Gothic florin", for its design and style of lettering. Throughout most of its existence, the florin bore some variation of either the shields of the United Kingdom, or the emblems of its constituent nations on the
reverse
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* ''Reverse'' (Eldritch album), 2001
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* ''Reverse'' ...
, a tradition broken between 1902 and 1910, when the coin featured a windswept figure of a standing
Britannia
Britannia () is the national personification of Britain as a helmeted female warrior holding a trident and shield. An image first used in classical antiquity, the Latin ''Britannia'' was the name variously applied to the British Isles, Great ...
.
In 1911, following the accession of
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936.
Born duri ...
, the florin regained the shields and sceptres design it had in the late
Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardia ...
, and it kept that motif until 1937, when the national emblems were placed on it. The florin retained such a theme for the remainder of its run, though a new design was used from 1953, following the accession of
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
. In 1968, prior to decimalisation, the Royal Mint began striking the ten-pence piece. The old two-shilling piece remained in circulation until the ten-pence piece was made smaller, and earlier coins, including the florin, were demonetised.
History
Background
The drive for
decimalisation
Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.
Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal ...
of the currency in Britain dates as far back as 1682. Although nothing was done about early proposals, the adoption of decimal currencies in the United States, France and other nations in the late 18th and early 19th centuries renewed the call, and commissions in 1841 and 1843 called for the adoption of decimal coinage. In 1847, a motion was introduced in Parliament by Sir
John Bowring
Sir John Bowring , or Phraya Siamanukulkij Siammitrmahayot, , , group=note (17 October 1792 – 23 November 1872) was a British political economist, traveller, writer, literary translator, polyglot and the fourth Governor of Hong Kong. He was a ...
calling for the introduction of a decimal currency and the striking of coins of one-tenth and one-hundredth of a
pound
Pound or Pounds may refer to:
Units
* Pound (currency), a unit of currency
* Pound sterling, the official currency of the United Kingdom
* Pound (mass), a unit of mass
* Pound (force), a unit of force
* Rail pound, in rail profile
Symbols
* Po ...
. Bowring obtained surprisingly strong support for his motion, and the
Russell government promised that a coin valued at one-tenth of a pound (two shillings) would be produced to test public opinion, with consideration to be given in future to the introduction of other decimal coins.
There was much discussion about what the coin should be called''centum'', ''decade'', and ''dime'' were among the suggestionsbefore ''florin'' was eventually settled upon, not because of the old English coin of that name, but because the Netherlands had a florin, or gulden, about that size and value. The original
florin
The Florentine florin was a gold coin struck from 1252 to 1533 with no significant change in its design or metal content standard during that time. It had 54 grains (3.499 grams, 0.113 troy ounce) of nominally pure or 'fine' gold with a purcha ...
, the ''fiorino d'oro'' of the
Republic of Florence
The Republic of Florence, officially the Florentine Republic ( it, Repubblica Fiorentina, , or ), was a medieval and early modern state that was centered on the Italian city of Florence in Tuscany. The republic originated in 1115, when the Flo ...
, was a gold coin struck from 1252 to 1533.
Victorian issues (1849–1901)
![Godless florin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Godless_florin.jpg)
The first florins were struck in 1849. They were in the
Gothic style
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
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*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
, and featured a portrait of
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...
as a very young woman, with the crowned cruciform shields of the United Kingdom shown on the reverse, and the nations' emblems in the angles. The new florin closely resembles the Gothic crown of 1847; the obverse for both was designed by the
Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint
Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint is a senior position at the British Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's oldest company and the official maker of British coins.
Operating under the legal name The Royal Mint Limited, it is a limi ...
,
William Wyon, while the reverse of both was designed by
William Dyce. Unlike the crown's Gothic script, the 1849 florin has Roman lettering. The 1849 florin, issued in silver, weighed 11.3
grams (defined as
troy ounce) and had a diameter of . The new coin made clear its value with the inscription on the reverse. To aid in the decimal experiment, the
half crown (two shillings and sixpence, or one-eighth of a pound), near to the florin in size and value, was not issued between 1850 and 1874, when it was struck again at the request of the banks, and surveys found that both coins played useful parts in commerce. Each would continue to be struck, and would circulate together, until decimalisation.
These first coins were probably a shock to the public, as for the first time in nearly 200 years a British coin featured a portrait of the monarch wearing a crown. Even more of a shock, including (allegedly) to Queen Victoria herself, was the inscription on the obverse, , omitting the usual for ''Dei Gratia'' (By the Grace of God) from the coin's inscription. This resulted in it being known as the "Godless florin". Further controversy was caused by the omission of the usual abbreviation for ''Fidei Defensor'' (Defender of
the Faith): the
Master of the Mint,
Richard Lalor Sheil, an Irishman and a Roman Catholic, was suspected by some of plotting to overthrow the Protestant regime. The inscription had in fact been suggested by
Albert, Prince Consort
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; 26 August 1819 – 14 December 1861) was the consort of Queen Victoria from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861.
Albert was born in the Saxon duch ...
, Victoria's husband. Sheil said in the
House of Commons the inscription had been a mistake, and the florin was redesigned for its next issue in 1851.
The revised florin's diameter was increased to (the weight was unchanged), and all the lettering on the coin was in
Gothic script, resulting in it being known as the Gothic florin. The coin was by the same designers; its date was rendered in
Roman numerals
Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, eac ...
. The bust of Victoria and the heraldry on the reverse were largely unchanged. The Latin inscription on the obverse read with the date, while the reverse read . Despite a
Royal Commission, the drive for decimalisation soon died out; there was only lukewarm support for an 1855 motion in the Commons applauding the issuance of the florin and seeking further decimal coins. The Gothic Florin was produced each year until 1887, excepting 1861 and 1882. From 1864 until 1879, many florins were struck with
die
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Die may also refer to:
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* Die, singular of dice, small throwable objects used for producing random numbers
Manufacturing
* Die (integrated circuit), a rectangular piece of a semicondu ...
numbers on the obverse (found to the right of Victoria's brooch, possibly part of a Mint investigation into how long it took coinage dies to wear out. Beginning with some 1867 issues, on the obverse was rendered , following the Latin practice in abbreviations of doubling a final consonant for a plural. Thus, Victoria's title changed from "Queen of Britain" to "Queen of the Britains", including the colonies and other territories.
In 1887, as part of a coinage redesign for
Victoria's Golden Jubilee, a new obverse design, showing the queen as an older woman, debuted on the gold and silver coinage. This was dubbed the "
Jubilee coinage
Jubilee coinage or Jubilee head coinage are British coins with an obverse featuring a depiction of Queen Victoria by Joseph Edgar Boehm. The design was placed on the silver and gold circulating coinage beginning in 1887, and on the Maundy coi ...
" and was by Sir
Joseph Boehm
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Baronet, (6 July 1834 – 12 December 1890) was an Austrian-born British medallist and sculptor, best known for the " Jubilee head" of Queen Victoria on coinage, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Par ...
. The various flora were removed from the florin's reverse and were replaced by sceptres between the shields with a
Garter Star in the centre. The Jubilee Head quickly proved unpopular, due in part to the crown worn by the Queen, which was deemed ridiculously small. The Jubilee florin shared its reverse with the short-lived
double florin
The double florin, or four-shilling piece, was a British coin produced by the Royal Mint between 1887 and 1890. One of the shortest-lived of all British coin denominations, it was struck in only four years. Its obverse, designed by Joseph Boeh ...
, which Gertrude Rawlings in 1898 described as "radiating kitchen pokers and tea trays". The reverse design was created and engraved by
Leonard Charles Wyon
Leonard Charles Wyon (23 November 1826 – 20 August 1891) was a British Engraving, engraver of the Victorian era most notable for his work on Jubilee coinage, the gold and silver coinage struck for the Golden Jubilee of Victoria of the United ...
(who also engraved the obverse), though it was probably influenced by the gold coinage of
Charles II designed by
John Roettier. The diameter was reduced to . All the inscriptions were in Latin letters and
Arabic numerals
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. The inscription on the obverse read , while the reverse read , with no indication of the value. The Jubilee florin was struck each year between 1887 and 1892.
Given the unpopularity of the Jubilee bust, a committee was set up in February 1891 to recommend new designs. An obverse designed by
Thomas Brock
Sir Thomas Brock (1 March 184722 August 1922) was an English sculptor and medallist, notable for the creation of several large public sculptures and monuments in Britain and abroad in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
His mo ...
was selected, and the committee also recommended some new reverses. This advisory committee recommended a different bust (also by Brock) be used on the florin to distinguish it from the half crown. The recommendation was not accepted, and the florin used the same "Veiled Head" or "
Old Head" obverse that was introduced to the silver and gold coinage in 1893. To better distinguish it from the half crown, the diameter was reduced from . The obverse was inscribed , together with a new reverse showing three shields separated by a rose, shamrock, and thistle (symbolising England, Scotland and Ireland) under a crown, and the inscription . This reverse was created by Sir
Edward Poynter
Sir Edward John Poynter, 1st Baronet (20 March 183626 July 1919) was an English painter, designer, and draughtsman, who served as President of the Royal Academy.
Life
Poynter was the son of architect Ambrose Poynter. He was born in Paris, Fr ...
, and was issued each year between 1893 and 1901, the year of Victoria's death.
Edward VII (1901–1910)
![1909 silver florin](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/1909_silver_florin.jpg)
Both sides of the florin were redesigned following the accession of Victoria's son,
Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria an ...
, each design being created by the Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint,
George William de Saulles. The florin of King Edward VII was minted every year from 1902 to 1910. Its specifications remained at 11.3 grams weight and 28.5 millimetres diameter. The obverse shows the right-facing head of the King, inscribed , while the other side features what ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins'' deems "a most unusual and original reverse". It shows a windswept figure of
Britannia
Britannia () is the national personification of Britain as a helmeted female warrior holding a trident and shield. An image first used in classical antiquity, the Latin ''Britannia'' was the name variously applied to the British Isles, Great ...
standing holding a shield with her left hand and a trident with her right, and inscribed , with the date below. Peter Seaby, in his history of British coinage, described the figure of Britannia as "standing on some mythical ancient ship which could hardly be sea-worthy under her weight", but "a pleasing composition".
De Saulles created the new florin in this manner to distinguish the coin from the half crown, as there had been complaints of confusion. He probably based the design on his
British trade dollar
Trade dollars are silver coins minted as trade coins by various countries to facilitate trade with China and the Orient. They all approximated in weight and fineness to the Spanish dollar, which had set the standard for a de facto common currency ...
(1895). The sitter for the design was Susan Hicks-Beach, the daughter of
Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn who had served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and ''ex officio'' Master of the Mint. The modern-day Britannia coinage, bullion pieces struck by the Royal Mint for investors and collectors, has a reverse that strongly resembles that of the Edwardian florin.
George V (1910–1936)
![1932 George V Florin (reverse)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/1932_George_V_Florin_%28reverse%29.JPG)
Florins bearing a left-facing effigy of
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until Death and state funeral of George V, his death in 1936.
Born duri ...
by Sir
Bertram Mackennal were minted in each year of the King's reign (1910–1936) except 1910 and 1934. The initial reverse design (1911–1926) was developed internally at the Royal Mint, and is intended to be that of the 1887 double florin, to which the Jubilee florin is very similar. The weight and diameter of the coin were unchanged but, because of rises in the price of silver, the metallic composition was changed in 1920 from 0.925 silver to 50% silver, 40% copper, 10% nickel, then again in 1922 to 50% silver, 50% copper, and again in 1927 to 50% silver, 40% copper, 5% nickel, 5% zinc. The changes in alloy after 1920 were due to the Mint's trying to find a silver alloy that would remain attractive as it wore. The inscriptions on the obverse of the original version of the George V florin were and on the reverse were and the year of striking.
The modified florin, dated 1927 to 1936, was designed by
George Kruger Gray
George Edward Kruger Gray (25 December 1880 – 2 May 1943) was an English artist, best remembered for his designs of coinage and stained glass windows.
Personal life
Kruger was born in 1880 at 126 Kensington Park Road, London, the son of a Jer ...
and did not greatly alter the design of shields and sceptres, but removed the crowns from the shields and placed them on the sceptres. A "G", the King's initial, is at the centre of the design. The obverse inscription became and the reverse one was with the date and denomination . The bust of the King on the obverse was slightly modified in 1927.
Edward VIII (1936)
Throughout 1936, the year in which
Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India from 20 January 19 ...
reigned, coins of all denominations continued to be struck using the designs of George V, pending preparation of the new monarch's coinage. No coins depicting Edward VIII were officially released to circulation. A pattern florin exists for King Edward, which would have been due to receive approval around the time the King abdicated in December 1936. Although there is a tradition of alternating the direction the monarch faces with each reign, and George V had faced left, Edward believed that side more flattering. Thus, the obverse depicts the left-facing effigy of the King by
Thomas Humphrey Paget
Thomas Humphrey Paget OBE (13 August 1893 – 30 April 1974) was an English medal and coin designer and modeller.
Paget's designs are indicated by the initials 'HP'.
Paget was first approached by the Royal Mint in 1936 after the accession of ...
inscribed . The reverse, by Kruger Gray, shows a crowned rose flanked by a thistle and shamrock, with E below the thistle and R below the shamrock, and the inscription and .
George VI (1936–1952)
King George VI
George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of Ind ...
's florin, produced each year between 1937 and 1951, looks very much like the one planned for his brother Edward VIII. Like on the patterns for King Edward, the words are omitted; they would remain absent for the coin's remaining existence. The obverse, by Thomas Humphrey Paget, shows the left-facing effigy of the King inscribed . The reverse, by Kruger Gray, depicts a crowned rose with a thistle and shamrock on either side. There is a G below the thistle and R below the shamrock, and the inscription until 1948. From 1949, the coins were struck without the , in acknowledgement of
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
's independence. From 1947, the metal content was changed, as for all British silver circulating coins, to 75% copper, 25% nickel. This was due to the need for Britain to return
Lend-Lease
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silver to the United States. The florin's diameter and weight remained unchanged at 11.3 grams and 28.5 millimetres, despite the change of alloy.
Elizabeth II (1953–1970)
Florins were produced for
Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...
each year between 1953 and 1967, with proof coins dated 1970. The obverse shows the
Mary Gillick
Mary Gaskell Gillick ( Tutin; 1881 – 27 January 1965) was a sculptor and medallist, best known for her effigy of Elizabeth II used on coinage in the United Kingdom and elsewhere from 1953 to 1970.
Personal life
Born Mary Gaskell Tutin in Not ...
head of Queen Elizabeth, inscribed (1953 only) or (all other years). This change was made to acknowledge the evolving
British Commonwealth, which by then contained some republics. The reverse, by Edgar Fuller and Cecil Thomas, depicts a
Tudor rose
The Tudor rose (sometimes called the Union rose) is the traditional floral heraldic badge, heraldic emblem of England and takes its name and origins from the House of Tudor, which united the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The Tudor ...
in the centre surrounded by thistles, shamrocks and leeks, with the Latin phrase , the denomination and the date. The designs were selected by the Royal Mint Advisory Committee following a public competition. The artists' initials appear either side of the Welsh leek at the bottom of the reverse. When the reverse of the new coin was illustrated in the press, there was no consensus as to which way was up;
numismatist H.W.A. Linecar has noted that the second in marks the bottom of the coin.
In accordance with the plan for decimalisation of the currency (120 years after this denomination was first introduced in the initial plan to introduce a decimal currency), from 1968 the
ten pence coin was introduced of the same size, weight and metal composition as the florin. Thus, the florin ceased to be struck for circulation after the 1967-dated pieces. The new and the old circulated side by side as florins prior to
Decimal Day
Decimal Day in the United Kingdom and in Ireland was Monday 15 February 1971, the day on which each country decimalised its respective £sd currency of pounds, shillings, and pence.
Before this date, the British pound sterling (symbol "£" ...
(15 February 1971) and as ten pence pieces after.
Florins (usually dated 1947 or later) remained in circulation after Decimal Day. In 1987, following a study of the currency, the
Thatcher government announced its intent to issue a new ten pence piece, reduced in size.
A smaller ten pence piece was issued in 1992, after which the old florin was demonetised on 30 June 1993. The florin, the first decimal coin, was the last coin in general circulation just prior to decimalisation to be withdrawn.
Mintages
Victoria
*1849 - 413,320
*1851 - 1,540
*1852 - 1,014,552
*1853 - 3,919,950
*1854 - 550,413
*1855 - 831,017
*1856 - 2,201,760
*1857 - 1,671,120
*1858 - 2,239,380
*1859 - 2,568,060
*1860 - 1,475,100
*1862 - 594,000
*1863 - 938,520
*1864 - 1,861,200
*1865 - 1,580,040
*1866 - 914,760
*1867 - 423,720
*1868 - 869,940
*1869 - 297,000
*1870 - 1,080,648
*1871 - 3,425,605
*1872 - 7,199,690
*1873 - 5,921,839
*1874 - 1,642,630
*1875 - 1,117,030
*1876 - 580,034
*1877 - 682,292
*1878 - 1,786,680
*1879 - 1,512,247
*1880 - 2,161,170
*1881 - 2,376,337
*1883 - 3,555,667
*1884 - 1,447,379
*1885 - 1,758,210
*1886 - 591,773
*1887 - 1,776,903
*1888 - 1,647,540
*1889 - 2,973,561
*1890 - 1,684,737
*1891 - 836,438
*1892 - 283,401
*1893 - 1,667,415
*1894 - 1,952,842
*1895 - 2,182,968
*1896 - 2,944,416
*1897 - 1,699,921
*1898 - 3,061,343
*1899 - 3,966,953
*1900 - 5,528,630
*1901 - 2,648,870
Edward VII
*1902 - 2,204,698
*1903 - 995,298
*1904 - 2,769,932
*1905 - 1,187,596
*1906 - 6,910,128
*1907 - 5,947,895
*1908 - 3,280,010
*1909 - 3,482,829
*1910 - 5,650,713
George V
*1911 - 5,957,291
*1912 - 8,571,731
*1913 - 4,545,278
*1914 - 21,252,701
*1915 - 12,357,939
*1916 - 21,064,337
*1917 - 11,181,617
*1918 - 29,211,792
*1919 - 9,469,292
*1920 - 15,387,833
*1921 - 34,863,895
*1922 - 23,861,044
*1923 - 21,546,533
*1924 - 4,582,372
*1925 - 1,404,136
*1926 - 5,125,410
*1927 - 15,000 (Proof Only)
*1928 - 11,087,186
*1929 - 16,397,279
*1930 - 5,733,568
*1931 - 6,566,331
*1932 - 717,041
*1933 - 8,685,303
*1935 - 7,540,546
*1936 - 9,897,448
George VI
*1937 - 13,033,183
*1938 - 7,909,388
*1939 - 20,850,607
*1940 - 18,700,338
*1941 - 24,451,079
*1942 - 39,895,245
*1943 - 26,711,987
*1944 - 27,560,005
*1945 - 25,858,049
*1946 - 22,300,254
*1947 - 22,910,085
*1948 - 67,553,838
*1949 - 28,614,939
*1950 - 24,375,003
*1951 - 27,431,747
Elizabeth II
*1953 - 11,998,710
*1954 - 13,085,422
*1955 - 25,887,253
*1956 - 47,824,500
*1957 - 33,071,282
*1958 - 9,564,580
*1959 - 14,080,319
*1960 - 13,831,782
*1961 - 37,735,315
*1962 - 35,129,903
*1963 - 25,580,000
*1964 - 16,313,000
*1965 - 48,723,000
*1966 - 84,547,000
*1967 - 22,000,000
*1970 - 750,476 (Proof Only)
Notes
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