The beautiful South African Union Florin and Half-crown!

This video features the beautiful silver florin (2S) and the half-crown (2/6 or 2.5s). The video covers the obverse and reverse design of both coins and showcases a number of coins from the George V-, George VI and Queen Elizabeth II Union series. These coins are nothing short of spectacular!
00:00 Introduction
00:30 The Obverse of the two coins
01:14 The Reverse of the florin/2-shilling
03:23 The Reverse of the halfcrown/2.5-shilling
04:15 Scarcity of these coins!
04:46 The Sheldon scale for coin quality
07:10 The 1926 Florin/2-shilling
07:59 The 1932 Florin/2-shilling
08:30 The 1953 Florin/2-shilling
09:02 The 1958 Florin/2-shilling
09:37 The very sad 1933 Florin/2-shilling
11:01 The 1925 halfcrown/2.5-shilling
11:39 The 1929 halfcrown/2.5-shilling
12:30 The 1930 halfcrown/2.5-shilling
13:11 The 1948 halfcrown/2.5-shilling
14:39 The 1953 halfcrown/2.5-shilling (PCGS)
15:18 Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
#southafrican
#numismatics

[@evelynvanzyl9535]

Once again you did not dissapoint. Cannot wait for the next upload. Keep up the awesome work you do.

[@penniesshillings]

...you are too kind! Thank you for your interest, it means a lot to me.

[@evelynvanzyl9535]

@@penniesshillings you are kindness personified. You have taught me and made me realise so much that I now found someone here in Cape Town to help me. Although I still admit that I wish you stayed next door to me lol

[@peterperigoe9231]

Another good video, thanks. This is tempting me to put together a set from NZ , Aus, UK, South Africa and Ireland of the pre-decimal coins from the same year. I'll need to do some research as I don't want to pick a year where 1 coin is unaffordable, I saw your other video on the 1931 tikey.
Of interest is the history of the Florin, in 1849 as a first step towards decimalisation a florin was introduced 'as one tenth of a pound.' It omitted the D.G. Dei Gratia, grace of god and was known as the godless florin. Half Crown production ceased but was brought back alongside the florin.
They also brought out a double florin 4/- (to be 1/5th of a pound) but that was confused with the Crown and was nicknamed the 'barmaids folly' and was withdrawn. It took another 122 years for decimalisation to come in.

[@penniesshillings]

The 'godless' florin. That is absolutely hilarious. I didn't know a double florin existed. That is indeed an odd denomination... Maybe a series on 'odd' coins should be interesting. The US 3c coin comes to mind.

[@michaeldescande8931]

I have Victorian coins dont know if it's worth somthing

[@penniesshillings]

Best way is to post pictures on a facebook group (SACCG). There's bound to be an expert on those coins that can advise you.

[@PeterPitzar]

Can I maybe contact u on what's app about my coins. I like to watch ur videos and like it a lot.

[@penniesshillings]

Contact me first on [e-mail] and we can take it from there. Please note, I rarely buy raw coins.