Great Britain 1752 half penny
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This specimen was lot 7230 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $870. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Penny, 1752. George II. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown. A sharply detailed coin with abundant mint red bloom throughout the fields on both sides. Overall quite appealing for the type." This type was struck 1746-54 and is common in low grade. The production of copper coinage ceased in 1754, leaving the rapidly expanding economy short of small change, a void filled by thousands of types of tokens and counterfeits. The situation would not be rectified until the reform of 1817.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: S-3719; KM-579.2.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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