Coin catalog › Coins (Mint Year: 1821, Width: 32+ mm)

½ Dollars

Country:

British West Indies

Series:

British Colony - Anchor Coinage

Catalog codes:

iInfringe

Themes:

Crowns and Coronets | Seals (Emblems) | Tools

Issued on:

CopyWrong

Last issue date:

CopyWrong

Distribution:

Standard Circulation

Mints:

Royal Mint, Tower Hill Site, London, Great Britain (1809-1967)

Composition:

Silver

Orientation:

Coin alignment ↑O↓

Shape:

Circular

Rim:

Raised. Toothed. Both sides

Weight:

13.41 grams

Diameter:

32 mm

Face value:

½ $ - British West Indies dollar

Known mintage:

89,001

Composition Details:

0.8920.892

Score:

95% Accuracy: Low

Description:

Front: Crowned anchor between (left/right, Roman value) II
legend: COLONIAR: BRITAN: MONET:
(transliteration: (Coloniarium Britanniarum Monetum)
(translation: Money of British colonies/empire)
(bottom, year) 1820 or 1822
Back: Circular-decorated quatred escutcheon
1+4. England, 2. Scotland. 3. Ireland
with crowned inescutcheon of king George IV
king of Hanover
1. Principality of Brunswick (-Wolfenbüttel),
2. Principality of (Brunswick-) Lüneburg,
3. Duchy of Saxony
Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 2. 3. -Lüneburg
hartshield Arch-Treasurer, Electorate of Hanover
legend: (ruler) GEORGIUS IV D:G: BRITANNIARUM REX F:D:
(transliteration: (Dei Gratia Britanniarum Rex Fidei Defensor)
(translation: by the Grace of God British King, Defender of the Faith)
Note: this coin also circulated on the island Mauritius
between 1820 - 1825.
Edge: G - grained, type: ridges

Also known (Mauritius) as: km6
Formerly known as: c4

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