Victoria Young Head Half Crown Fine

We have on offer Halfcrowns from Victoria’s reign bearing her Young Head portrait. The Royal Mint ceased striking these wonderful pieces for circulation in 1850 when focus turned to striking florins as an introduction to decimalisation. That attempt at decimalisation failed, and in February 1874, Prime Minister Gladstone gave instructions for the minting of halfcrowns to be resumed. Florins and halfcrowns continued to co-exist until decimalisation in the late 1960s.