1952 AD., Great Britain, George VI, Royal mint London, ½ Penny, KM 868.

Great Britain, George VI, Royal mint London, engraver: Thomas Hugh Paget, 1952 AD.,
½ Penny (25,5 mm / 5,71 g), bronze (peacetime composition, 0.955 copper, 0.030 tin, 0.015 zinc),5,67 g theor. mint weight, mintage 33.278.000 , medal alignment ↑↑, smooth edge,
Obv.: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX FIDEI DEF: / HP , his bare head facing left, initials HP below truncation.
Rev.: HALF PENNY / HP / 1952 , value above the English galleon "The Golden Hind", ship under full sail left, year below, HP initials to right.
KM 843 ; Spink 4118 .

Year / Mintage
1949 24,744,000
1950 24,154,000
1951 14,868,000
1952 33,278,000
(plus Proof issues for each year)

The Golden Hind was an English galleon best known for its circumnavigation of the globe between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake. She was originally known as the Pelican, but was renamed by Drake mid-voyage in 1578, as he prepared to enter the Strait of Magellan, calling it the Golden Hind to compliment his patron, Sir Christopher Hatton, whose armorial crest was a golden 'hind' (a female deer). Hatton was one of the principal sponsors of Drake's world voyage.