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<p>This page contains material from http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Great_Britain_1799_half_penny</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:Great Britain 1799 half penny obv Ponterio 169-10417.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 169, lot 10417]]<br /> [[Image:Great Britain 1799 half penny rev Ponterio 169-10417.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This specimen was lot 10417 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $230. The catalog description&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; noted, &quot;GREAT BRITAIN. Half Penny, 1799. PCGS MS-64 RD. From the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation.&quot; This type of 1799 is the only issue of copper halfpence between 1775 and 1805. Despite a desperate shortage of small change which permitted the issue of a profusion of counterfeits and private tokens, the mint made little effort to produce copper coins until the 1820's. This half penny was accompanied by a [[Great Britain 1799 farthing|farthing]]. The similar pennies and [[Great Britain 1797 2 pence|tuppence]] were dated 1797 tho restruck until the 1840's.<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common.<br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' copper.<br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' S-3778; KM-647. <br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br /> * Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. <br /> * &lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012. <br /> * Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date'', London: Coincraft, 1995.<br /> * Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England &amp; the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink &amp; Son, 2011.<br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Great Britain 1797 2 pence]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1799 farthing|1799 farthing]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1799 1/3 guinea|1799 ⅓ guinea]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1799 guinea|1799 guinea]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1806 farthing]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1799]]<br /> * return to coins of [[Great Britain]]<br /> <br /> [[Category: Selections from Ponterio sale 169]]</div>

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