Great Britain 1959 half crown
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This specimen was lot 75354 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Crown, 1959. London Mint. Elizabeth II. PCGS MS-65." This type of 1954-70 was the last half crown issued prior to decimalization. It did not fit into the new decimal system, being worth 12½ new pence, and was demonetized.
Recorded mintage: 9,029,000 plus a few proofs.
Specification: 14.14 g, copper-nickel, 32.3 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: S-4145; KM-907.
- 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.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
Link to: