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1892 Victoria British Silver "Jubilee Head" Half Crown

Obverse

Reverse

Type Details

Country:  Great Britain 
Period:  Queen Victoria 
Face value:  1/2 Crown 
Dates:  From 1887 to 1892 
Purpose:  Circulation 
 
Obverse:  Crowned and veiled bust of Queen Victoria facing left 
Legend:  VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 
 
Reverse:  Crowned and quartered shield within wreath 
Legend:  BRITANNIA RUM REGINA FID: DEF: 
 
Edge:  Reeded 
 
Designer(s) / Engraver(s): 
  Joseph Edgar Boehm, Leonard Charles Wyon 
 
Catalogue:  KM# 764 

Currency

Unit:  Pound Sterling 
System:  Sterling pre-decimal 
 
Fractions:  4 Farthings = 1 Penny
3 Pence = (Threepence)
4 Pence = (Groat)
6 Pence = (Sixpence)
12 Pence = 1 Shilling
2 Shillings = 1 Florin
2 Florins = Double Florin
5 Shillings = 1 Crown
20 Shillings = 1 Pound (Sovereign)
21 Shillings = 1 Guinea
 
Mint Marks: 
H - Heaton & Sons, Birmingham, England
KN - King’s Norton, Birmingham, England

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Issue

Year: 
1892 
Mintage:  1,711,000 
Scarcity: 
 
Valuation: 

Specifications

Total Weight:  14.1380g (0.45 Oz)  
Composition:  Silver 
Fineness:  0.9250 
Silver Content:  13.08g (0.42 Oz)  
Silver Value:  $14.15 
Alignment: 
Medal 
Diameter:  32.00mm 

Description

The half crown was a denomination of British money worth two shillings and sixpence, being one-eighth of a pound. The half crown was first issued in 1549, in the reign of Edward VI. No half crowns were issued in the reign of Mary, but from the reign of Elizabeth I half crowns were issued in every reign except Edward VIII, until the coins were discontinued in 1967. The half crown was demonetised (ahead of other pre-decimal coins) on 1 January 1970, the year before the United Kingdom adopted decimal currency on Decimal Day.

During the English Interregnum of 1649-1660, a republican half crown was issued, bearing the arms of the Commonwealth of England, despite monarchist associations of the coin's name. When Oliver Cromwell made himself Lord Protector of England, half crowns were issued bearing his semi-royal portrait.

The half crown did not display its value on the reverse until 1893.

In the 1800s, the silver half crown coin was (very roughly) convertible into an American fifty-cent piece, and was sometimes nicknamed the "half dollar" in North America.


Value Range

Year Mintage G F VF EF AU UNC BU PF
1892 1,711,000 $22.00 $28.50 $39.00 $73 $105 $155
← 1891
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