half-crown

Etymology
From its value of half of the crown (five-shilling) coin.

Noun

 * 1)  A pre-decimal coin used in Britain, Ireland and New Zealand, equivalent to 30 pence or two shillings and six pence.

Translations

 * French:
 * German: halbe Krone
 * Irish: leathchoróin
 * Norman: êtchu
 * Russian:, полукро́на
 * Scottish Gaelic: leth-chrùn
 * Welsh: hanner coron