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The British half crown was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1 ⁄ 8 of one pound, or two shillings and six pence (abbreviated "2/6", familiarly "two and six"), or 30 pre-decimal pence. The half crown was first issued in England in 1549, in the reign of Edward VI , with a value half that of the crown coin .
Half crown: 2/6: £0.125: 1526–1969. Sometimes known as "half a dollar" (see Crown below). (Made in gold until 1610 and made in silver from 1551) Two shillings and sevenpence: 2/7: £0.1292: 1644-1645 Minted under Charles I during the civil war at Scarborough. Two shillings and tenpence: 2/10: £0.142: 1644-45
Examples of the standard reverse designs minted until 2008. Designed by Christopher Ironside (£2 coin is not shown).. The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories is denominated in pennies and pounds sterling (symbol "£", commercial GBP), and ranges in value from one penny sterling to two pounds.
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Until decimalisation crowns (five shilling coins) were used for this purpose as they were the highest denomination of the time, but due to inflation this role has been transferred to higher value coins. Crowns, £5 coins and (until 1996) £2 coins are non-circulating, although they are still legal tender. These denominations are only used for ...
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On Boehm's design, Victoria wears a small crown, the Small Diamond Crown, on her head. This was the crown she preferred to wear at the time, due to its light weight, but the design was criticised for making it appear that the crown was about to fall off. Furthermore, none of the new silver coin designs bore a statement of the coin's value.