1947 George VI Half Crown

1947 George VI Half Crown

✨ First Non-Silver Issue – Historic Transitional Year

NGC AU 58 – Nearly Mint State

A superb certified example of the pivotal 1947 Half Crown — the year Britain ended over 700 years of circulating silver coinage.

Following post-war economic pressures, 1947 saw the change from 50% silver to cupro-nickel. This issue represents the beginning of modern British base-metal coinage.

📌 Coin Details

• Monarch: George VI

• Year: 1947

• Denomination: Half Crown

• Metal: Cupro-Nickel (first year of issue)

• Diameter: 32mm

• Edge: Milled

• Certification: NGC

• Grade: AU 58 (Certification No. 6318080-020)