1922 Great Britain silver florin, George V, 50% sliver

Description

The 1922 UK florin obverse features the
bare head of King George V facing left, with
the surrounding legend: 'GEORGIVS V
D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP:'
The reverse shows vertically aligned cruciform
crowned shields, with four sceptres diagonally between.
The top and bottom shields show three lions
representing England, the left a harp representing
Ireland, and the right one lion representing Scotland.
The legend 'ONE FLORIN' is divided above the main
design, with the date divided below.
1922 United Kingdom florin specifications
Monarch
George V (1911 - 1936)
Edge
reeded
Weight
11.3 g
Diameter
28.5 mm
Composition
50% silver
Minted
London, England
Mintage
approx. 23,861,044
1922 United Kingdom florin design
Obverse
Bertram Mackennal
Reverse
modified version of Leonard Wyon design
Description
The British two shilling coin, also known as the florin, was issued from 1849 until 1967. It was worth one tenth of a pound, or twenty-four old pence. It should not be confused with the medieval gold florin, which was nominally worth six shillings.
In 1968, in the run-up to decimalisation, the two shilling coin was superseded by the decimal ten pence coin, which had the same value and initially the same size and weight. It continued in circulation, alongside the ten pence, until 1993, when the ten pence was reduced in size.
Florins bearing his left-facing effigy were minted in each year of the reign of King George V (1910 to 1936) except 1910 and 1934. Whilst the weight and diameter of the coin were unchanged, the metal composition was changed in 1920 from 0.925 silver to 50% silver, 40% copper, 10% nickel, then again in 1922 to 50% silver, 50% copper, and again in 1927 to 50% silver, 40% copper, 5% nickel, 5% zinc. The design of the reverse was similar to Queen Victoria's Jubilee florin. Until 1926 the inscriptions on the obverse were GEORGIVS V D G BRITT OMN REX F D IND IMP and on the reverse were ONE FLORIN date, while from 1927 the obverse inscriptions were GEORGIVS V DEI GRA BRITT OMN REX and the reverse ones were FID DEF IND IMP date ONE FLORIN.