Great Britain 1698 half penny KM-A483.2

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75533
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This specimen was lot 75533 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Penny, 1698. London Mint. William III. PCGS VF-30. From the Richard August Collection." The halfpennies of William III come in two varieties: KM 483.1, with the date in the exergue, struck 1695-98, and KM 483.2, with the date in the legend, struck 1698-99. Neither are common for 1698 and the weak strike is typical.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.8 g, copper, 28 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: S-3555; KM-A483.2.

Sources:

  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Freeman, Michael J., The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Rev. Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2006.
  • Peck, C. Wilson, English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed., London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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