Great Britain 1848 half penny
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This specimen was lot 70798 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Penny, 1848. London Mint. Victoria. NGC MS-63 Brown. This is a praiseworthy example of the type with a distinctive portrait of the queen. The offering is mostly brown in color with some reddish hues at the peripheries." This type was struck 1838-60 and is not rare in worn condition, altho the 1848 is a better date. An 1848/7 exists.
Recorded mintage: 323,000.
Specification: 8.8 g, copper, 28 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-3949, KM-726.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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