Great Britain 1690 1/2 penny
This specimen was lot 2712 in Goldberg sale 91 (Los Angeles, June 2016), where it sold for $3,055. The catalog description[1]Goldberg noted, "Great Britain. Tin Halfpenny, with copper insert at centre, 1690 NGC MS61. William & Mary, 1688-1694. Conjoined busts right, legend surrounding. Rev. Britannia seated left on globe, with olive branch, spear and shield, legend around, plain exergue, edge inscribed in raised letters, NUMMORVM* FAMVLVS* 1690 * Some lustre, mainly on the obverse, some light corrosion spots on reverse, very rare in this top grade. NGC graded MS-61." Charles II struck copper halfpennies 1672-75. James II struck plugged tin halfpennies 1685-87. William and Mary struck tin farthings (KM 466) and halfpennies 1689-92 then switched to copper in 1694 (KM 475). Tin coinage has repeatedly proved a failure. Common in VG, rare nice.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: tin with copper plug, this specimen 11.19 g.
Catalog reference: S.3448; Peck-568.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 91: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2016.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
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