Great Britain 1915 1/2 crown

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Goldberg sale 75, lot 4382
photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 4382 in Goldberg sale 75 (Los Angeles, September 2013), where it sold for $149.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Halfcrown, 1915. George V. Lustrous with a lovely pastel tone. NGC graded MS-65." The silver half crown (2½ shillings) was struck in this fineness until 1920, when it was debased to 0.500 fine.

Recorded mintage: 32,433,000.

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

Catalog reference: S.4011; KM 818.1.

Source:

  • Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Jason Villareal and Steven Harvey, Goldberg Sale 75: the pre-Long Beach Sale, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.

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