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Say what? Half crown?  Oh, you mean Madza Caroon!   |
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Here we go.. First coin is a George III Small Head Halfcrown. It is dated 1819 and has an assay(?) mark on the cheek of George. No one really has any idea where this assay mark comes from but, as some of our forum members may know, the assay mark represents "North Dakota" and might be applied there. :)  [/URL]  [/URL] Second coin is a George IV Halfcrown dated 1826. It's well-circulated but I love teh detail (left) on the obverse of the coin which shows the coat of arms.  [/URL]  [/URL] Third is a William IV Halfcrown dated 1837. It's the rare year which the recorded mintage was 150,011 The coin, to my eye, seems less worn than a typical circulated 1837 example.  [/URL]  [/URL] |
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Here are the Young Head Victoria halfcrowns, first one is dated 1879, a tough year to find. It's pretty beat-up but still a problem-free coin. Most probably circulated until early 1900's, maybe as much as 1920, when the purity of British silver coins dropped from %92,5 to %50.  [/URL] Next, we've got a 1887 Young Head Victoria Halfcrown. It's one of the tough dates too, and better in shape of the previous one. I bought two of those coins, funny story, the one with better shape never turned up.  [/URL]  [/URL] Edited by molydeii
02/05/2011 08:32 am
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This is one of my favoutire, a aUNC 1897 Victoria Veiled head (old head) halfcrown. It has much lustre left and under 4x it shows almost no marks of circulation, with a little marks of contacts from other coins (bagmarks) on the very high areas such as cheeks of the Monarch. It has a rosy patina on the legend and around the rims (which was impossible to capture with my digital camera)  [/URL]  [/URL] |
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A 1906 Edward VII half crown. One type issued, eyars between 1902-1910. I am currently trying to buy myself a 1904 one, which is a semi key date. This one seems like a solid VF (British grading) and eXF-XF55-56 for US Grading I think.  [/URL] 1915 Sterling silver Half Crown, George V. Unc  [/URL] 1920 %50 Silver Half Crown, George V. Unc with typical green patina. This patina is a guarantee that the coin hasn't been dipped or circulated, as I was told and researched. Actually, a debased silver Halfcrown that good in condition is relatively harder to find a similar one dated 1914-1918.  [/URL] |
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1928 George V Halfcrown, third issue, easy date, UNC but shallow (weak) strike. This was my first Uncirculated halfcrown I got myself.  [/URL] 1945 George VI Halfcrown. UNC. Again, easy date.  [/URL] |
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1948 and 1949 Cupro-nickel Halfcrowns of George VI. Only difference is, owing to the Independence of India, the word "IND. IMP." was dropped. So, just because of Indian national movement, I had to pay for two half crowns. :)  [/URL]  [/URL] Elizabeth II 1953 Half crown. It has hairlines on the portrait side which I don't like. This is, yet again, easy coin, easy date. In fact, due to 1953 being Queen's ascension to the British Throne, so many high to uncirculated grade 1953 coins had been saved.  [/URL] |
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Although cupro-nickel, this 1958 half-crown of Liz the second is one of the tough dates to find in full-lustre Uncirculated grade. Krause has it totally wrong. It's one of the most expensive coins represented in these set of photos, because of the sharp-uncirculated grade with full lustre. See how it sparkles under the natural sunshine.  [/URL]  [/URL]  [/URL]  [/URL] That's from a Royal Mint set. The last half-crown ever issued. It'd dated 1970. In 1970, half-crowns were not legal tender, they ceased to exist in circulation in 1969. It's the last one ever issued.  [/URL] Those last two photos are the tray that my halfcrowns are sitting.  [/URL]  [/URL] Edited by molydeii
02/05/2011 09:06 am
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Very nice set, molydeii, and they look good in those capsules! Looks like our friend George III got a hard kiss on a cheek! |
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Nice coins! Love the older silver!
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That's a nice set of half crowns there. I can understand why you wanted to share the pictures of them with us.
The coins minted before 1910 have relevance to Australia's coinage history. It was before this date that British coins were the standard day to day circulating currency in Oz. That is why I have collected an almost identical set.
That you have achieved this goal must have been more difficult for you than me, because of the continued lingering presence of at least a few of the British coins in Australia. Most of the coins that would have been issued in Australia would have been withdrawn long ago, to be melted back in Great Britain.
Australia had its own coins in silver and bronze after 1910.
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02/07/2011 05:48 am
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Thanks everybody, for appreciating what I have here. I mostly purchase out of ebay but sometimes I trade and even find coins in unusual places. Even though, yet not to find any halfcrown lying on the ground, I found an Egyptian 1 Pound coin just yesterday walking in the street! Before that, I found a 50-Eurocent (Portugal) next to a freeway. I have some luck finding coins on the ground. Most exceptional was a 10-Quid note two years ago in Bond Street subway station. :) No halfcrowns yet.:) Sel : This is why I find coins very interesting. Picking up, let's say, the 1897 Halfcrown I have, or a 1858 1 Penny, or even a 1888 Bun head halfpenny, and one can never be sure where it was used... Great Britain?, Ireland?, Malta?, Australia? It's kind of a little cool to think that they may be roamed in the vast wilderness of 19th Century Australia. I don't know if they had made that far. Wish they had a tracker inside them. :) |
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Slav : This George III halfcrown is a special edition minted in North Dakoka, man. :))))
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Nice coins molydeii. Great photos
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I'll have to post my son's type set of English Irish and British of shillings some day. They are complete for all major types, from Elizabeth 1, except the Dorien & Magens and Northumberland shillings, including almost all British Commonwealth types in silver and copper nickel. In all, 95 types are represented, with the silver English / British hammered and milled averaging perhaps an honest fine condition. The British Commonwealth silver would average goof VF condition.
I have done the same thing with Florins, but that series has a much later start date.
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