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[[Image:Great Britain 1749 half penny obv Ponterio 173-1325.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 173, lot 1325]]
[[Image:Great Britain 1749 half penny rev Ponterio 173-1325.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 1325 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $1,175. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Penny, 1749. PCGS MS-64 BN Secure Holder. George II (1727-60). From the Demarete Collection." This type is listed for 1746-54 and is fairly common in worn condition. The mint did not produce near enough small change for the industrial boom of the eighteenth century, leading to a proliferation of private tokens. The situation would not be rectified until the reform of 1817.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' copper.

''Catalog reference:'' S-3719; KM-579.2.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 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.
* Peck, C. Wilson, ''English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

''Link to:''
* [[Great Britain 1739 farthing|1739 farthing]]
* [[Great Britain 1746 shilling|1746 shilling]]
* [[Great Britain 1746 crown Dav-1350|1746 "Lima" crown]]
* [[Great Britain 1749 farthing|1749 farthing]]
* [[Great Britain 1751 half penny|1751 ½ penny]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1749]]
* return to coins of [[Great Britain]]

[[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 173]]

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 * [[Great Britain 1749 farthing|1749 farthing]]
 * [[Great Britain 1749 1/2 guinea|1749 half guinea]]
-* [[Great Britain 1751 half penny|1751 ½ penny]]
+* [[Great Britain 1750 half penny|1750 half penny]]
 * [[Coins and currency dated 1749]]
 * return to coins of [[Great Britain]]
 [[Category:Selections from Ponterio sale 173]]

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 [[Image:Great Britain 1749 half penny rev Ponterio 173-1325.jpg|300px|thumb]]
-This specimen was lot 1325 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $1,175. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Penny, 1749. PCGS MS-64 BN Secure Holder. George II (1727-60). From the Demarete Collection." This type is listed for 1746-54 and is fairly common in worn condition. The mint did not produce near enough small change for the industrial boom of the eighteenth century, leading to a proliferation of private tokens. The situation would not be rectified until the reform of 1817.
+This specimen was lot 1325 in Ponterio sale 173 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $1,175. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Penny, 1749. PCGS MS-64 BN Secure Holder. George II (1727-60). From the Demarete Collection." This type is listed for 1746-54 and is fairly common in worn condition. The previous type (KM 579.1) of 1740-45 had the king's name spelled "GEORGIUS". The mint did not produce near enough small change for the industrial boom of the eighteenth century, leading to a proliferation of private tokens. The situation would not be rectified until the reform of 1817.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
-''Specification:'' copper.
+''Specification:'' 9.86 g, copper, 28 mm diameter.
 ''Catalog reference:'' S-3719; KM-579.2.
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 * [[Great Britain 1746 shilling|1746 shilling]]
 * [[Great Britain 1746 crown Dav-1350|1746 "Lima" crown]]
 * [[Great Britain 1749 farthing|1749 farthing]]
 * [[Great Britain 1749 1/2 guinea|1749 half guinea]]

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 * Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011.
 * Peck, C. Wilson, ''English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
-* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.
+* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio Sale 173: The January NYINC 2013 Auction,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2012.
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