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Definition of Half crown
1. Noun. An English coin worth half a crown.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Half Crown
Literary usage of Half crown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Numismatic Chronicle by Royal Numismatic Society (Great Britain) (1885)
"£9; half-crown, £12; shilling, £12; and sixpence, £12 Os. Charles L (Tower mint),
... 2, 6 guineas: (Chester mint) silver, half-crown, Bud. xxvi. ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1870)
"The half-crown now coined actually weighs 14-138 grams; ... The tine silver in
the half-crown weighs 13-078 grams. By making the half-crown exactly 15 grams ..."
3. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"... Half-crown—Story of Boyhood told—DC and CD— Enterprise of the Cousins Lamert—First
Employment in Life—• Blacking-Warehouse—A Poor Little Drudge—Bob ..."
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