Great Britain 1918 half crown

Goldberg sale 85, lot 3917

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 3917 in Goldberg sale 85 (Los Angeles, June 2015), where it sold for $270. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Halfcrown, 1918. George V. An uncirculated specimen from the year when the World War 1 ended. Paste blue toning. Exceptional. NGC graded MS-64." This type was issued 1911-19 and most of the dates are common. This one is the most common date. The half crown was sterling silver until 1919, then .500 fine silver, then converted to copper-nickel in 1947. Midway thru 1926, a new bust was introduced (KM 830) in an attempt to alleviate persistent weak strikes. late in 1927, the reverse was modified (KM 835).

Recorded mintage: 29,080,000.

Specification: 14.14 g, .925 fine silver, 32.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S.4011; ESC-765; KM-818.1.

Source:

• 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.
• 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 85: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2015.

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