Great Britain 1919 1/2 crown
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This specimen was lot 4378 in Goldberg sale 84 (Los Angeles, January 2015), where it sold for $99.87. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Halfcrown, 1919. George V. Nicely toned mint state example of this rare date. NGC graded MS-63." The silver half crown (2½ shillings) was struck in this fineness until 1920, when it was debased to 0.500 fine. Weakly struck specimens are common.
Recorded mintage: 10,267,000.
Specification: 14.14 g, 0.925 fine silver, 32.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S.4011; ESC-766; KM-818.1.
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- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 84: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.
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