Material: .500 Silver (50% Ag, 50% Cu)
Diameter: 32 mm
Weight: 14.14 g
Actual Silver Weight (ASW): 0.227 troy oz
Mint / Mintmark: London (no mintmark)
Obverse: Bare head of King George V facing left; legend GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX; designed by Sir Bertram Mackennal (initials BM).
Reverse: Quartered royal arms beneath crown; flanking crowned initials; legend FID: DEF: IND: IMP: HALF CROWN 1928; design by George Kruger Gray.
Circa: Late Interwar British Coinage
Condition: Very Fine (sharp shield detail, even tone, minor high-point wear)
Notes:
Coins from this particular era are composed of exactly 50% silver rather than the older Sterling standard of 92.5%. Great Britain permanently debased its silver coinage composition in 1920 to help pay off massive national debts accumulated during the First World War.