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1933 Halfcrowns: In Davies's book on British silver coins he lists TWO varieties :-
1 + E (D.1709) [27 mm] & 1 + E* (D.1710) With slightly larger rev. design [27 ½ mm].
Davies lists the slightly larger design as 28 ½ mm. I am not sure where he measures from !?
I have never listed this variety before as I have never been able to see any difference in any of the 1933 examples I have had. In fact I was not sure what Davies meant !!
Recently (September 2013) I am grateful to a client (G.D.) who brought into the shop two examples of 1933 halfcrowns. One with a thick rim and one with a thin rim and suggest that this is what Davies meant by the two varieties.
I had to agree with him and was pleased when he allowed me to buy the thin rimmed example so that I could list it on my website for other to know about.
Since then I have measured to see if the design is larger on the thin rim coin and yes it is slightly by ½ mm.
The Normal size is 27 mm from top of rose to the base tip on the shield.
Whilst on the slightly larger design it is 27 ½ mm for the same measurement.
All the the letters in the legend align the same on both varieties so the difference cannot be gauged that way.
For checking which variety you have measuring is normally not the easiest option but the rim size is certainly the best visual way. I have shown examples below.
I am listing the normal reverse as type E and the slightly larger reverse design as type E* -
As per Ref: 1710 in the Davies book..
1933 Halfcrown: Normal reverse E - Thick rim
1933 Halfcrown: Larger reverse design E* - Thin rim
Having examined now several dozens of 1933 halfcrowns trying to find further examples of the thin rim I still have only THREE examples. So I can only presume that it is a much scarcer type.