- Produced by The Royal Mint.
- Struck in .500 quality silver.
- The same coin was first released in 1937, marking the start of the reign for King George VI.
- The reverse of the coin features the Royal Shield of Arms of the United Kingdom, a design reimagined by George Kruger Gray CBE.
- The Royal Shield of Arms of the United Kingdom on the reverse of the coin is suspended from a chain link and features the Passant Guardant Lions of England, a floral bordered Lion Rampant of Scotland and the Harp of Ireland.
- The crowned monograms, 'GG', with one G reversed, are shown on the reverse of the coin, to the left and right sides of Royal Shield of Arms of the United Kingdom.
- The crowned monograms feature the heraldic 'Tudor Crown', design, also known as the 'Imperial Crown', design, which refers to the 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.
- There are dots illustrated above the small vertical lines in the letters of the crowned 'GG', monograms on the reverse of the coin, to distinguish it from the monogram of King George V.
- 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 'HALF CROWN 1938', is displayed around the reverse of the coin, underneath the Royal Shield of Arms of the United Kingdom.
- The initials 'KG', of the artist George Kruger Gray CBE, who remastered the Royal Shield of Arms of the United Kingdom, are shown on the reverse of the coin, with the separated initials showing on the bottom left and bottom right corners of the shield design.
- The obverse of the coin shows the uncrowned portrait of King George VI, created by Thomas Humphrey Paget OBE.
- 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.
- Released into general circulation in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
