Samuel Johnson's Dictionary 50p Coin

2005 · Anniversaries & Historic Events · Commemorative

Price Guide: £3.00

Issued in 2005 to mark the 250th anniversary of Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language", published in 1755, this 50p commemorates one of the most influential dictionaries in the language's history - a solo effort that took Johnson roughly nine years to compile and remained a standard reference for well over a century.

Struck for general circulation, it's a common find popular with collectors interested in literary history.