Collection / Halfcrown

HC1879a

Halfcrown, 1879

Recorded as a coin that exists. No example of it is in the collection.

Type

HC Halfcrown

Year

1879

Mint

Royal Mint, ordinary issue

Variety

a

Mintage

901,356 struck Young Head

In the collection

Not held

Monarch

Victoria

Diameter

32 mm

Weight

14.1 g

Metal

Silver

Reverse

Coin (↑↓)

The mintage is the striking's, not this variety's — the varieties were never counted separately. An issue may also have been struck more than once, so another variety of HC1879a may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription

VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, Date

Reverse inscription

BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:

CC2000

VYHC-210 6 1

Davies

D585 3 C

Gouby

HC1879 A -

Bull

B2753 A6 1

Rayner

R703 A5 -