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George V silver high grade bronze Penny 1d Victoria 1/- Shilling lustrous George VI Florin aUNC Elizabeth II 2/- 2/6 Farthing Uncirculated Scottish 1915 Groat UNC Halfpenny Threepence Scarce decent grade Halfcrown lustre ¼d 4d
As well as an unusually good strike for a 1919, the lustre is attractive too.
Look how sharp the feathers on the wings of the harp are, and the lions faces. Compare it with yours...
V.R.Court, in his legendary survey of penny varieties found in circulation at the time of decimalisation, found that less than 12% of 1940 pennies were Single Exergue Line. I think it's significantly less now, in the collecting world.
What I like about George V florins is that not all the dates are the same - there are wide fluctuations in scarcity from one year to the next. Great series.
High grade example of the Rare West Indian series. There's some chatter on the obverse, but this is a coin that didn't see much circulation.
Easily a GEF even taking account of the slightly subdued lustre that you often see on these. I don't mind it, personally, and it is just a personal thing because it does not affect strict academic grading at all.
You often see this streaky lustre on this date. See if you can find a better 1915 - I'll bet you struggle.
These are really quite difficult to find at this level. You'll find a few high-ish grade examples if you look, but very few this good.
Issued for Malta as their "grano" was 3 to a farthing. Allow me to demonstrate the elegance of predecimal maths: there's 3 of these to a farthing, so 12 to a penny. Thus, there's 144 to a shilling, and 2,880 to the pound. 288,000 were minted = £100
This is a cracking example for 1924. Halfpennies are seriously under-rated in terms of their difficulty in high grade. You will struggle to find better.
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