Post Your United Kingdom (Great Britain) Coin Acquisitions.

Entirely and I can assure you my 2p coin says Two pence, sadly.

Thanks, that is definitely the info I was searching for.

I wonder with the 1970 and 1971 if the coins were actually minted in those years or the years the sets were issued using old dies?

This Queen Anne threepence is not anywhere near Uncirculated but I like the way it looks. Sort of a slightly delayed small birthday gift to myself.

Also, I'd love to see that Florin set when it's complete!

Nice circulation cameo on that threepence, paralyse!

Not an old coin by any stretch of the imagination and not exactly the rarest coin series in the British coin list with a little over 28 million struck but you'll find it a challenge to get these in full BU condition. Underrated by most catalogues. Spinks Go £40 in BU whilst most other reference books and catalogues are @ £6. I think Spinks are a better guide for top end price Best one I have seen in many years 1949 Half crown Amazing lustre. Keep safe folks

Zookeeperz, I totally agree.

There are literally KAZILLIONS of Cupronickel Halfcrowns between 1947 - 1951 (1953 has the BU and Proof sets and the BU ones are very common) and also 1954 - 1960ish (Some of the 60s dates especially 1966 and 1967 are easy to find BU or at least AU) in VG to VF condition. EF upwards may have low catalogue values, but they are rare.

There are good reasons - one is that these coins were largely ignored back in the day and now. People did not care about them as they were as you said had a high mintage, no silver value and the surviving ones are not too bad.

Think about it, the worst I have seen 1947 or later are high Very Good and most are Fine, VF are fairly easy to find (My 1947 and 1948 are VF with some lustre bits). A high Fine or low VF piece is acceptable and generally even dull ones have a lot of detail.

These are my set coins 1947 to 1951



The 1949 is only Fine, but the rest are VFish and the 1948 despite the stains is gVF. Yet all these coins cost me about 20 cents each, I pulled them out of a pack of 50 halfcrowns that cost me $10!

So many people are going to go for these over your 1949 and that is why its special - hold on to it!

I mean I spent some money on these, and people think I am mad, even AU/BU George VI is not that collectibel either, most hardcore collectors want Gem and BU earlier and the everyman collector just want an example, and would rather pay $10 for a Fine 1939 Halfcrown rather than $20 for this




It cost me DOUBLE a worn one. It is full lustre but only AU and some may even say high EF as some light wear is visible.

Nice halfcrowns, Princetane and Zookeeperz!



i was unaware there was such a variety I'll have to check mine.

It's also worth remembering that back in December 1969 when British halfcrowns were demonetized, they were a high-value coin. Two shillings and sixpence could buy a cheap lunch at a Lyon's Corner House, or buy six first-class postage stamps. So, apart from collectors, most people handed them in. I've heard somewhere that 96% of the halfcrowns in circulation in 1969 were returned to The Royal Mint for melting down. Pre-1947 ones would have been hoarded to some extent due to their silver content, so it's possible that a higher proportion of those survive than the later cupro-nickel ones.