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''Recorded mintage:'' 2,422,000 plus proofs. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 2,422,000 plus proofs. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 14.13 g, .500 fine silver, .227 troy oz ASW, 32.3 mm diameter, designed by Bertram MacKennal and Percy Metcalfe. | + | ''Specification:'' 14.13 g, 0.500 fine silver, .227 troy oz ASW, 32.3 mm diameter, designed by Bertram MacKennal and Percy Metcalfe. |
''Catalog reference:'' S-4037, KM 835. | ''Catalog reference:'' S-4037, KM 835. | ||
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* [[Great Britain 1934 farthing|1934 farthing]] | * [[Great Britain 1934 farthing|1934 farthing]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1934 penny|1934 penny]] | * [[Great Britain 1934 penny|1934 penny]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1934 3 pence|1934 threepence, oak leaf reverse]] | ||
* [[Ireland 1934 1/2 crown]] | * [[Ireland 1934 1/2 crown]] | ||
* [[South Africa 1934 2-1/2 shillings|South Africa 1934 2½ shillings]] | * [[South Africa 1934 2-1/2 shillings|South Africa 1934 2½ shillings]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:28, 23 February 2024
This specimen was lot 21076 in Heritage sale 3021 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "George V Proof Halfcrown 1934, PR64 NGC, light gray surfaces. Very rare as a Proof of Record." This type was issued in large numbers 1927-36 but the proofs are rare. It was the largest coin to actually circulate after World War One.
Recorded mintage: 2,422,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 14.13 g, 0.500 fine silver, .227 troy oz ASW, 32.3 mm diameter, designed by Bertram MacKennal and Percy Metcalfe.
Catalog reference: S-4037, KM 835.
- 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.
- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3021, featuring the Cecil Webster, Richard P. Ariagno and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
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