Terms & Conditions

All items sold by RP Coins are supplied on approval and may be returned for any reason within seven days of receipt. Customers returning goods are responsible for arranging insurance against loss or damage. Third party sales items are sold on approval where indicated. Please see the introduction to that section for further details.
Clients of known good standing to us will have their goods shipped upon receipt of order or as soon as is practicable afterwards, payment being due upon their receipt of invoice. All other clients’ orders will be held pending payment and shipped on receipt of cleared funds. All goods remain the property of RP Coins until paid for in full.
Payment should be made in GBP by the following means - cheque drawn on a UK bank made payable to RP Coins. Please do NOT make them payable to R Pearce. Payment may also be made by postal order, banker’s draft or transfer to our bank account at Bank of Scotland, sort code 80-22-60, account no. 29068662. Cheques or money orders drawn on foreign bank accounts in local currency are expensive to process and may take up to a month to clear. If this is the only option available to you, please add £15 to the invoice total to cover the additional charges. Payment can be made using debit or credit cards as indicated.
Postage will be charged on all orders.
For UK coin orders up to £60 value the cost is £4.50. Orders over this up to £750 will be despatched by Royal Mail Special Delivery (insured) at a cost of £12 per order. Over £750 is £20 per order. Books and other heavy items will be charged according to the prevailing postage cost for that weight.
Export sales are supplied net of any UK VAT (where applicable). Import duties or taxes payable in the destination country are the responsibility of the customer.
All items sold are guaranteed genuine unless indicated otherwise.

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Half Crown

The first coin valued at 2/6d was introduced in 1464 during the reign of Edward IV when it was called the Quarter Ryal. Its silver equivalent did not appear until 1551 during the reign of his son, Edward VI. The last gold halfcrowns known were struck in 1619, though it is possible that a very small issue was made in 1620 based on the Pyx records. Sterling silver (0.925) halfcrowns continued to be struck until 1919 (with a weight reduction at the 1816 recoinage), when they were superseded with 0.500 silver coins from 1920 until 1946. The need for silver used to repay Britain's war debts after World War II resulted in the issue of Cupro-Nickel coins from 1947 onwards. The half crown was demonetised in 1970, prior to decimalisation.