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silver Victoria high grade George V Scarce Shilling 6d 1/- Sixpence bronze Penny 1d Florin 2/- Edward VII 2/6 Halfcrown Halfpenny ½d Bun Head Young Head copper 1887 Rare aUNC Farthing Freeman lustrous ¼d variety
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Brilliant Uncirculated. Beautiful example of the beaded border halfpenny, certainly the best I've had. A coin you'd never need to upgrade.
From the detail, which is well over VF, this is a coin that has seen very little circulation.
Halfpennies are just as interesting as Bun Pennies as far as varieties are concerned. There's only two 1863s, but at least 15 types of 1861, for instance. They haven't gone crazy yet, like Bun Pennies have, but they should, and they might. This one is R10 in Freeman
In an attempt to reduce the overuse of the word, we'll only describe a coin as Rare if the literature uses it. In this case: Peck: Very Rare, Freeman: R11
In an attempt to reduce the overuse of the word, we'll only describe a coin as Rare if the literature uses it. In this case: Peck: Rare, Freeman: R8
Difficult date, not the commonest variety, and an excellent high grade. Peck: Scarce. Freeman: R6
Difficult date, and a more than decent grade, but I am not sure about the colour. There are none of the signs of abrasive cleaning, but the colour does suggest that something may have done to this one, probably a long time ago... Peck: Scarce Freeman: R5
I can think of few things I'd rather do than identifying the exact die combinations on a pile of Bun Pennies. I think I might be turning into a bit of an anorak. Freeman: R5
aUNC. These are very attractive little coins when they're this good. Buy the best you can find.
If you're a date run collector, like me, you'll have noticed that certain dates, for no apparent reason, give you more trouble than others. This seems to be one of those dates.
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