I thought for my first post here I would do a "focus on" article on a coin from my collection. Depending on how well this goes I may do more.
So here we have the 1935 crown from the UK. For those unfamiliar with UK pre decimal coinage a crown was worth 5 shillings, or 2 half crowns, or one quarter of a pound.
The coin features King George V and is known as the Rocking Horse Crown due to the art deco style St George, horse and dragon designed by Percy Metcalf. This design seems to split opinion but I love it and it makes a difference from the Pistrucci George and dragon seen on other crowns and sovereigns. (Pictured on the right).
Do you want some stats and figures? Of course you do
Mintage -715,000*
Metal - 0.500 silver
Weight - 28.28g
Diameter - 38.6mm
- As far as I can find there were approximately 14,300 specimen coins minted, 2,500 proofs with raised lettering on the edge in 0.925 silver and 25 in gold. There are also error coins which have incorrect lettering on the edge. Unfortunately my examples are bog standard ones.
Some close ups
Please upvote, comment and share if you find this interesting and I'll do more focus ons on some of my other UK and world silver coins.