Great Britain 1928 half crown

Heritage sale 3064, lot 33159

This specimen was lot 33159 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "George V 1/2 Crown 1928 MS66 PCGS. Fully-struck with bright, shimmering surfaces and plenty of luster." This type was struck 1927-36 in substantial numbers. It superseded a type struck 1911-26 with a different reverse (KM 818).

Recorded mintage: 18,763,000 + proofs.

Specification: 14.13 g, 0.500 fine silver, .227 troy oz ASW, 32.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 835, S-4037.

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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