 | George V - 1910 - 1936
Together with other silver coinage of the time, the silver content was reduced to 50% in 1920. In 1927 the reverse side design was changed to show six acorns - this design was somewhat cruelly referred to as the 'garden of weeds'.
During the reign of George V the Titanic sank (1912), World War 1 started (1914), Prohibition began in the USA (1920), women granted the vote in Britain (1928), Gershwin created the opera 'Porgy and Bess' (1935).
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