Post A Crown!

So, there are a few definitions for what a "crown" is. Properly, it's a large silver British pre-decimal coin worth 5 shillings, or 1/4 of a pound. However, since decimalization, these have been made with a value of 25 pence (later increased to 5 pounds). And some people apply this definition to any large silver coin (such as silver dollars or silver pesos or silver 5-franc coins). To make things more confusing, some crowns aren't even made of silver, such as the British 1951 crown made of copper-nickel, and numerous copper-nickel coins from 1960s Africa. Still, everyone loves large coins, so I thought I would make a thread for showing them off in.

So... post a large-sized coin, silver or copper-nickel! The only rule here is that it must be large, it must be heavy, and it must be made out of gray metal; use your own best judgment.

I'll start with three of my recent additions:


Jamaica, 5 shillings, 1966. This commemorates the Commonwealth Games in Jamaica. Also, interestingly, it was manufactured at the private Sherritt Mint, which is only a few kilometers away from me.


Dominican Republic, 1 peso, 1897. This coin is quite large but it's a trick; it's only 0.3500 silver. Even though it's worn, it's not unattractive; an ebay search shows that most of these coins are in G condition or worse, so mine's not even unusually worn. Strange, maybe people held on to their money in the Dominican Republic.


Southern Rhodesia, 1 crown, 1953. This is a beautiful coin that's been very high up on my most-wanted list for a long time; I was very very close to buying it on ebay for about $50, but then this one appeared at yesterday's coin show for $20. Probably my eyes bugged out of my head. Cecil Rhodes was one of Britain's leading colonists and served as the Prime Minister of the Cape Colony; he saw British influence expand ever northward and prevented the Portuguese from connecting Mozambique and Angola (thus preventing Southern Rhodesia from being called Rodésia do Sul), and he is the namesake of Southern Rhodesia.

This coin is interesting for some other reasons. Some people say that the 1965 Churchill crown (which someone will inevitably post here) is the first British coin to feature a non-royal on it. Well, it is if you don't count the colonies; clearly, this coin has the Churchill crown beat by 12 years.

Anyway, I hope to see some other large coins in this thread; happy posting! Try not to post duplicates and try not to post everything in your collection at once. This especially applies to American coins, only one U.S. silver dollar per post and no duplicates of previously posted coins and you'd better not circumvent this by making a bunch of consecutive posts or I'll probably cry in real life.