Pictures of Coins of the UK by Tony Clayton

Half Crowns, or Two Shilling and Sixpence

The Florin (2s) <<-- : -->> 3s, 40d and 45d

History of the Half Crown
Values of Half Crowns

Quick find by reign:

Commonwealth : Charles II : William and Mary : William III : George II : George III : George IV : William IV : Victoria : Edward VII : George V : George VI : Elizabeth II

Please note that as the images have come from a wide range of sources, they are not to scale relative to each other.

The Half Crown

Commonwealth

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1658 Half Crown, Cromwell type Courtesy of Spink

Charles II

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Hammered Halfcrown, Second Issue, 1660-1662 Courtesy of Spink

William and Mary

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1689 Half Crown Second L of GVLIELMVS over M Courtesy of Spink

William III

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1700 Half Crown Courtesy of Spink

George II

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1746 plain proof Half Crown Courtesy of Spink

1746 LIMA Half Crown Courtesy of Spink

1746 over 5 LIMA Half Crown Courtesy of Spink

George III

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1816 Half Crown, First Type Courtesy of Brandon Hamer

1817 Half Crown Donated anonymously

1819 Half Crown Donated anonymously

George IV

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1820 Proof Half Crown, 1st head, 1st reverse, milled edge Courtesy of Martin Platt

1823 Half Crown, 1st head, 2nd reverse Courtesy of Martin Platt

1825 Half Crown, 2nd head, 4th reverse Courtesy of Spink

William IV

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1831 Proof Half Crown, block WW Note that the King's hair and obverse border teeth differ from that on the circulation issue obverse, as seen below. Courtesy of Martin Platt

1834 Half Crown, block WW Courtesy of Martin Platt

Detail of the block WW It is more common to find a script WW Courtesy of Martin Platt

Victoria

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1845 Half Crown, early high relief portrait Early reverse (thin rim, U separated from wreath) Condition: Uncirculated Courtesy of Martin Platt

1850 Half Crown Condition: Fine (note wear on head)

1881 Half Crown, later low relief portrait Later reverse (thicker rim, U touching wreath) Courtesy of Martin Platt

1884 Half Crown Courtesy of Martin Platt

1887 Half Crown Donated anonymously

1887 proof Half Crown, reverse Donated anonymously

1893 Half Crown Courtesy of Martin Platt

Edward VII

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1904 Half Crown Courtesy of Martin Platt

1905 Half Crown, the key date of the Edward VII series Courtesy of Martin Platt

George V

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1914 Half Crown

1922 Half Crown, reverse

A most unusual circulated proof Type 4 1927 Half Crown Courtesy of John Hodd

1934 Half Crown

George VI

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1938 Half Crown

1947 proof Half Crown Courtesy of Spink

The unique circulation issue 1952 Half Crown By kind permission of the late Colin Cooke

Elizabeth II

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1958 Half Crown

Links

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History of the Half Crown
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UK Coin Values Index

Help and Advice

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Pictures of Coins of the UK - The Half Crown / Copyright reserved by the author, Tony Clayton / v18 13th February 2008