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Anyone know what size it is, what it's made of and how much it weighs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.228.151 ( talk • contribs) 07:17, 7 June 2007
A ceromonial half crown worth 25p existed before the £5 coin was introduced and said coin was refered to as a half crown because it had the same value as a pre decimal half crown.( 86.31.182.119 ( talk) 22:38, 31 July 2008 (UTC))
Anecdotally, I can report that the half-crown was referred to as "'alf a dollar" [sic] in Britain, particularly in London-area slang, up until its demise. I'm not sure how one would find documentary confirmation of this: perhaps from contemporary newspaper articles reporting colloquial speech, contemporary novels, or from corresponding filmed material? 87.81.230.195 ( talk) 04:50, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
I notice that the article title is unhyphenated ("Half crown"), but throughout the lead section it's hyphenated ("half-crown"). My feeling is that it should be hyphenated (which seems to be the spelling given in most dictionaries), so I changed the rest of article to the hyphenated style. For consistency, then, the article should be titled "Half-crown", but because usage does not seem to be entirely consistent (even the Royal Mint website has both versions), I thought it should probably be discussed first. Any views? Matt 18:45, 15 November 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.152.242.18 ( talk)
I was born in 1952 and grew up using this coin and it was always referred to as "Half a Crown" as in "It cost me Half a Crown to get into the cinema" 94.197.158.199 ( talk) 21:39, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
It states, correctly that Half a Crown was 2 shillings and sixpence but the conversion is wrong as that is actually 12.5 pence and not 30p as indicated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.233.224.17 ( talk) 12:09, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Perhaps worth mentioning that despite being demonetised, the coin was still in circulation post-decimalisation as it had an exact equivalent, 12½p, in the new currency (which at that time included a ½p). Captain Pedant ( talk) 09:55, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
How come the mintages give a figure of 750,000 for 1970 when elsewhere it is stated that the coin had been discontinued in 1967 and demonetized 1.1.1970? If it's true, it should at least merit some explanation. Masonmilan ( talk) 16:02, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
I have 2 other questions about the number of coins minted :
- Before the queen Victoria (the oldest in this section), did'nt they register or count the minted coins or do we lack these registers ?
- Is the number of proof mintages included in the total mintages or not ?
Furthermore, for better reading, shall we not organise these datas into a chart ? If anyone aproves the idea, I could do it myself with the already existing datas.
Kejimad (
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08:53, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
It is obvious no common ground or satisfactory compromise can possibly be reached without just taking "value" out and not listing it in the infobox at all. TheCurrencyGuy ( talk) 05:36, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Sometime ago, I came across the phrase "two and six" in a 1960s novel and found out that it meant two shillings and sixpence, a half-crown. So I have boldly added it to the article, no challenge if anyone wants to revert. But out of curiosity, I had a look at ngram viewer. It turns out that this nickname began to dominate over the official title from about 1870 and never went back. John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 15:00, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
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Anyone know what size it is, what it's made of and how much it weighs? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.228.151 ( talk • contribs) 07:17, 7 June 2007
A ceromonial half crown worth 25p existed before the £5 coin was introduced and said coin was refered to as a half crown because it had the same value as a pre decimal half crown.( 86.31.182.119 ( talk) 22:38, 31 July 2008 (UTC))
Anecdotally, I can report that the half-crown was referred to as "'alf a dollar" [sic] in Britain, particularly in London-area slang, up until its demise. I'm not sure how one would find documentary confirmation of this: perhaps from contemporary newspaper articles reporting colloquial speech, contemporary novels, or from corresponding filmed material? 87.81.230.195 ( talk) 04:50, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
I notice that the article title is unhyphenated ("Half crown"), but throughout the lead section it's hyphenated ("half-crown"). My feeling is that it should be hyphenated (which seems to be the spelling given in most dictionaries), so I changed the rest of article to the hyphenated style. For consistency, then, the article should be titled "Half-crown", but because usage does not seem to be entirely consistent (even the Royal Mint website has both versions), I thought it should probably be discussed first. Any views? Matt 18:45, 15 November 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.152.242.18 ( talk)
I was born in 1952 and grew up using this coin and it was always referred to as "Half a Crown" as in "It cost me Half a Crown to get into the cinema" 94.197.158.199 ( talk) 21:39, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
It states, correctly that Half a Crown was 2 shillings and sixpence but the conversion is wrong as that is actually 12.5 pence and not 30p as indicated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.233.224.17 ( talk) 12:09, 1 May 2011 (UTC)
Perhaps worth mentioning that despite being demonetised, the coin was still in circulation post-decimalisation as it had an exact equivalent, 12½p, in the new currency (which at that time included a ½p). Captain Pedant ( talk) 09:55, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
How come the mintages give a figure of 750,000 for 1970 when elsewhere it is stated that the coin had been discontinued in 1967 and demonetized 1.1.1970? If it's true, it should at least merit some explanation. Masonmilan ( talk) 16:02, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
I have 2 other questions about the number of coins minted :
- Before the queen Victoria (the oldest in this section), did'nt they register or count the minted coins or do we lack these registers ?
- Is the number of proof mintages included in the total mintages or not ?
Furthermore, for better reading, shall we not organise these datas into a chart ? If anyone aproves the idea, I could do it myself with the already existing datas.
Kejimad (
talk)
08:53, 3 August 2016 (UTC)
It is obvious no common ground or satisfactory compromise can possibly be reached without just taking "value" out and not listing it in the infobox at all. TheCurrencyGuy ( talk) 05:36, 22 July 2022 (UTC)
Sometime ago, I came across the phrase "two and six" in a 1960s novel and found out that it meant two shillings and sixpence, a half-crown. So I have boldly added it to the article, no challenge if anyone wants to revert. But out of curiosity, I had a look at ngram viewer. It turns out that this nickname began to dominate over the official title from about 1870 and never went back. John Maynard Friedman ( talk) 15:00, 22 July 2022 (UTC)