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Victoria silver Penny bronze 1d George V high grade Scarce copper lustrous Bun Head Sixpence 6d Freeman Rare Halfcrown Halfpenny 2/6 ½d aUNC 1887 Farthing Gouby lovely grade William IV UNC George VI ¼d Shilling 1926
In my experience, high grade halfpennies are harder to come by than pennies from this era. More difficult than most other denominations, I'd say.
I spent a good ten minutes exploring this one with a loupe, trying to find some evidence of wear, but I really struggled. Each leaf vein is still sharp, the hairlines go right to the end of each curl, but it does have slight discolouration that, if anything, the photo exaggerates.
It's starting to tone a little, although the photo hasn't quite captured the toning. The photo has captured the quality though.
A lovely example of a tiny but fascinating series. Part of another attempt at decimalisation, the denomination still exists, of course - it's the 20p! Doesn't that make you think, when a magnificent piece like this is reduced to that.
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
Scarce. There is no trickier date than 1938 in this series.
I have found myself building up quite a sub-specialisation in 1858 pennies, by Gouby number. At last count nine different types had passed through my hands - all 1858, all different date types and overdates. Micro-collecting at its best!
As well as an unusually good strike for a 1919, the lustre is attractive too.
All halfcrowns are pretty fantastic coins, but this design appeals to me in particular. This is not a grade you'll see that often. Serious stuff.
Look how sharp the feathers on the wings of the harp are, and the lions faces. Just beautiful. Compare it with yours...
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