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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jackrabb1t, post: 3502980, member: 42482&quot;]<b>Ireland 1943 Half Crown</b></p><p>Mintage: Unknown (~500 estimated to exist)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://eirecoins.com/img_store/5cc61a82b3c9d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this one a while ago but I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve posted it here yet. The 1943 Half Crown is the second rarest of all the Irish coins from 1928-1968 (the 1943 Florin being the rarest). In the end of 1942 or the being of 1943, coinage had begun as usual at the London Mint, but before long the order was given to stop mintage of all silver coinage and send it back to be melted (due to the shortage of silver during the war). Somehow a number of half crowns (estimated at around 500) and an even smaller number of florins (estimated at around 35-50) escaped the melting pot and found their way into circulation. It would be several years before people realized the rarity of the 1943 half crown and florin and started to look for them in their change.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is in an old ANACS holder and graded Fine Details. The coin has been cleaned, and there is graffiti on the reverse and the obverse. Definitely not a high grade example, but a very interesting coin nonetheless. I am proud to have it in my collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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