1937  CROWN

Obverse:King GEORGE VI - Design by Thomas Humphrey Paget.
Legend: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP.
Reverse:Royal Crown - Design by George Kruger-Gray.
Legend: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA - ONE CROWN
Edge:Reeded - continuous mill.
Weight:28.27 grams (436.3 grains).
Size:38.5 mm (diameter).
Composition:Sterling Silver - 92.5% Silver, 7.5% Copper.
Silver Content:.8411 oz.
Mintage:Melbourne: Circulation - 1,008,000.
Proof - 100.
Mintmarks:None.

Valuation :
1937 CROWN

Very
Good		FineVery
Fine		Extra
Fine		Almost
Uncirc.		UncircBrilliant
Uncirc.		Proof
2002121520407514527514,000
See the grading article on Australian Crowns.

 

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Values
FineVery
Fine
19992025

In 1997, the 60th anniversary of the issue of the 1937 crown was celebrated by the Perth Mint with the release of a privy marked 2 ounce silver bullion coin.

In 1998, the Canberra mint released a .999 Silver Crown/Fifty Cents frosted proof coin with a reverse design struck from a modified die used for the production of the 1937 crown reverse.

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