- Produced by The Royal Mint.
- Struck in .500 quality silver.
- 1937 was the first year in which this version of the One Crown silver coin was released, marking the start of the reign for King George VI, after officially ascending to the throne on 11th December 1936.
- The coin was created and released in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI, which took place at Westminster Abbey in London on 12th May 1937.
- The reverse of the coin features the 'Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom', a remastered design by George Kruger Gray CBE.
- The shield in the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom on the reverse of the coin features the Passant Guardant Lions of England, a floral bordered Lion Rampant of Scotland and the Harp of Ireland.
- On the reverse of the coin, at either side of the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom is the crowned Lion of England on the left, symbolising strength, courage and royalty with the Unicorn of Scotland featured on the right, symbolising purity, innocence and power.
- The heraldic 'Tudor Crown', design, also known as the 'Imperial Crown', design, is illustrated above the Royal Coat of Arms for the United Kingdom on the reverse of the coin.
- The Tudor Crown, also known as the Imperial Crown, was a crown created in the early 16th century for either King Henry VII or King Henry VIII, the first Tudor monarchs of England. The crown was destroyed in 1649 during the English Civil War.
- On the bottom of the Royal Coat of Arms for the United Kingdom on the reverse of the coin, a ribbon is shown with the French phrase 'DIEU ET MON DROIT', which translates to 'God and my right', in English.
- The Latin inscription around the reverse of the coin, 'FID : DEF : : IND : IMP', an abbreviation of 'FIDEI DEFENSOR INDIAE IMPERATOR', translates as 'Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India', in English.
- The inscription featuring the denomination and the year 'ONE CROWN : 1937', is displayed around the reverse of the coin, underneath the crowned Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.
- The initials 'KG', of the artist George Kruger Gray CBE, who remastered the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom, are shown on the reverse of the coin, with the separated initials displayed between the limbs of the Lion of England and Unicorn of Scotland.
- Designed by Thomas Humphrey Paget OBE, the obverse of the coin features the first uncrowned portrait of King George VI, after officially ascending to the throne on 11th December 1936.
- The Latin inscription around the obverse of the coin, 'GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX', an abbreviation from 'GEORGIVS VI DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARUM OMNIUM REX', translates as 'George the Sixth, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains', in English.
- The initials 'HP', of the artist Thomas Humphrey Paget OBE who created the uncrowned portrait of King George VI, are displayed on the obverse of the coin, below the neck of the portrait.
- Not intended for general circulation, the coin was primarily sold as a commemorative keepsake.
- Maximum mintage of 445,101.
