Great Britain 1909 half crown

Heritage sale 3064, lot 33144

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 33144 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Edward VII 1/2 Crown 1909 MS63 NGC. Lightly toned, with fine amber hues near the peripheries. This example seems only a hair's width away from the next grade up." This type was struck 1902-10 but the 1909 is expensive in high grade.

Recorded mintage: 3,052,000.

Specification: 14.14 g, 0.925 fine silver, 32.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 802.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

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