1 Crown - George V 'Wreath' Crown (1927–1936)

One row for each year the 1 Crown - George V 'Wreath' Crown was struck. Prices are medians of verified sold listings matched to that year from the listing: circulated is worn condition up to Extremely Fine, uncirculated is About Uncirculated or better. A count in brackets means fewer than three sales behind the figure; a grey figure marked "type" is the median across every year, shown where that year has no sale of its own yet; years with no sales yet fill in as sales are recorded. Most types have been searched year by year only since October 2026, so later years are still filling in. Use the grade table below for a price by condition across all years.

About the 1927 1 Crown - George V 'Wreath' Crown

The 1927 1 Crown - George V 'Wreath' Crown is a circulating 1 crown coin issued from 1927 to 1936, struck in 50% silver. It weighs 28.28g and measures 38.61mm across. Reverse design: Crown below date within wreath with national flower emblems, legend around.

Mintage figures are recorded for 8 years between 1928 and 1936, 35,863 coins in all. 1934 is the scarcest date, with 932 struck.

Common questions

History and design

No crown had been struck since Edward VII's coronation piece of 1902. The Royal Mint Museum explains that when the Deputy Master, Robert Johnson, refreshed the silver designs in 1927, he included a crown after lobbying from the numismatic community, in particular his former Oxford tutor, the MP Sir Charles Oman. A proclamation of 3 November 1927, in force from 1 December, set out the new designs.

The 1927 crowns exist only as proofs, sold in sets from December 1927 and timed for Christmas: Coin Hunter and Wikipedia give 15,030. Currency strikes followed from 1928, but demand stayed small. Coin Hunter and Wikipedia agree on every date, from 9,034 in 1928 down to 932 in 1934, the lowest. There was no Wreath crown in 1935, the year of the Jubilee crown, and the last date is 1936. All were struck in .500 silver, the standard set by the Silver Coinage Act of 1920.

The proclamation describes the reverse as the Royal Crown with the date of the year, encircled by a wreath of the national emblems, the rose, thistle and shamrock, with FID. DEF. IND. IMP and the word CROWN. The Royal Mint Museum credits the 1927 reverses to George Kruger Gray, whose heraldic designs were approved by the King that year.

The obverse is Bertram Mackennal's bare-headed portrait of George V facing left, signed BM, with GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX. The edge is milled.

Collecting notes

Wikipedia records that these crowns were struck late in the year as Christmas gifts and generally kept rather than spent. The 1934 is the key date, followed by 1932 (2,395) and 1936 (2,473).

The 1927 proof is the only way to own the first date. The 1935 Jubilee crown, with Percy Metcalfe's St George, interrupts the series and was struck in far larger numbers. Wikipedia states that crowns struck since 1818 remain legal tender at 25p.