Great Britain 1931 half penny
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This specimen was lot 7361 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Penny, 1931. London Mint. George V. NGC MS-66 Red. A fully lustrous and sharply struck coin, with pale light coppery mint state surfaces." Half pence were struck for George V throughout his entire reign with one basic design. Subtypes exist as the mint modified the bust to improve striking characteristics; KM 837 was struck 1928-36. This date is common.
Recorded mintage: 16,138,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 5.4 g, bronze, 25.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-4058; KM-837.
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