Specifications
- Denomination
- 1 crown
- Series
- Wreath crown
- Designer
- Bertram MacKennal (obverse); George Kruger Gray (reverse)
- Years of issue
- 1927
- Composition
- 50% Silver, 50% Copper
- Weight
- 28.28 g
- Diameter
- 38.61 mm
- KM
- KM-836
- Mintage
- 15000
- Key mintages
- Proof-only issue; struck for the 1927 six-coin proof set (first official proof set since 1893). NGC lists 1927 Proof at 15,000; Spink/ESC and dealers cite 15,030 (likely including extra strikes).
Melt value: $29.48
The first of George V's famous Wreath Crowns — a 1927 proof-only silver issue with 15,030 struck.
History
- The 1927 Wreath Crown was struck in proof only to a mintage of 15,030 — the first issue of the wreath-reverse crowns of George V, made from .500 silver (Wikipedia; Baldwin, accessed 2026-09-16).
- The obverse carries Bertram Mackennal’s portrait of George V, bare-headed and facing left; the reverse — a royal crown at the centre of a wreath of roses, thistles and shamrocks, with the date inside — is by George Kruger Gray (Britannia Coin Company, accessed 2026-09-16).
- The coin weighs 28.28 g, measures 38.6 mm in diameter, and has a milled edge (Britannia Coin Company; Baldwin, accessed 2026-09-16).
- Wreath Crowns were struck from 1927 to 1936, except 1935 which had its own Jubilee crown; later issues in the series were generally given as Christmas gifts rather than struck for circulation (Wikipedia, accessed 2026-09-16).
- The rarest of the series is the 1934, with only 932 struck (Wikipedia, accessed 2026-09-16).
- The 1927 issue is the first-year coin of the wreath-reverse type and the largest issue of the series — the proof-only format and 15,030 mintage define it (Wikipedia; Baldwin, accessed 2026-09-16).
Specifications
- composition
- designers
- diameter
- edge
- weight
Collector notes
- Do not confuse the 1927–1936 Wreath Crowns with the 1935 Jubilee crown, which carries a different reverse (Wikipedia, accessed 2026-09-16).
- The accompanying photo is a type photo of the reverse of a 1934 wreath crown only — it does not show the 1927 proof issue’s obverse (photo metadata, accessed 2026-09-16).
- Verify weight (28.28 g) and diameter (38.6 mm) against the .500-silver specification; later issues in the series are scarce and carry strong premiums, so buy certified or from established British-coin dealers (Britannia Coin Company; Baldwin, accessed 2026-09-16).
- Later Wreath Crowns (1928–1936) were generally given as Christmas gifts rather than struck for circulation, so worn examples are uncommon — most trade as collectible-date coins rather than bullion (Wikipedia, accessed 2026-09-16).
- The 1927 is a proof-only first-year issue with 15,030 struck — a substantial mintage for the series but still a serious numismatic coin, not a type filler (Wikipedia, accessed 2026-09-16).
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