You are asking about a 5 Shilling coin (also called a "Crown") from South Africa (KM#41). The coin weighs 28.28 grams and is 50.0% silver, giving it an ASW (Actual Silver Weight) of 0.4546 troy ounces. With silver at US$30.00 per troy ounce (as of September 23, 2011), the "melt value" of this coin is about US$13.64.
The coin was produced in honor of the 300th Anniversary of the Founding of Capetown. The obverse of the coin has a portrait of King George the Sixth and the words "GEORGIVS SEXTUS REX" (Latin for "George the Sixth, King"). The reverse has an image of a a schooner ship under sail in a harbor), with the words "SUID-AFRIKA" (Afrikaans for "South Africa") to the left, the dates "1652-1952" above, "SOUTH AFRICA" to the right, and the denomination ("5s", an abbreviation for "5 Shillings") below.
1,698,000 of these coins were produced in 1952. According to the 2010 Standard Catalog of World Coins, an example is worth about US$9.00 in Extremely Fine condition and US$12.00 in Uncirculated condition. Given the current price of silver, however, the actual numismatic value of these coins is probably somewhat higher.
Another 12,000 were produced in Proof-like condition - these are valued at about US$13.50 each; and 16,000 were produced in Proof condition - these are valued at about US$16.50 each.
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You are probably asking about a South African coin dated 1950. The value would depend on the specific denomination to which you are referring (farthing, half penny, penny, threepence, sixpence, shilling, two shilling, 2 1/2 shilling or 5 shilling) and its condition.
There were no Crown coins (or 5 Shilling coins) produced by or for South Africa (the "Zuid Afrikaanische Republiek" or "ZAR") in 1897. 5 Shilling coins were produced in 1892, and 2 1/2 Shilling coins (also called "Half Crowns") were produced in (among other years) 1897.
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Such a coin does not exist. The first British One Shilling coins were introduced into the currency around 1550.
There was no 2 1/2 pence coin produced for South Africa in 1931. There was a South African 2 1/2 Shilling coin dated 1931, and a South African 2 1/2 cent coin from 1961 to 1964 and from 1997 onward.
There were no 1891 coins struck.
It appears that they only circulated 3,600 in 1975.
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There were no British Crown (Five Shilling) coins issued from 1903 to 1926.
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