Great Britain 1860 half penny

Goldberg sale 110, lot 2334

This specimen was lot 2334 in Goldberg sale 110 (Los Angeles, June 2019), where it sold for $102. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Halfpenny, 1860. Victoria. Beaded border. Obverse: Wyon's young 'bun head' portrait of queen. Reverse: Britannia. Uncirculated with much mint red. NGC graded MS-65 Red & Brown." This type was struck 1860-94, with many varieties for 1860-61. It superseded the larger copper half penny heretofore issued, a few of which are known for 1860. The beaded border shown here is the most common variety.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 5.7 g, copper.

Catalog reference: S.3956; KM-748.2.

Source:

• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Freeman, Michael J., The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Rev. Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2006.
• Peck, C. Wilson, English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed., London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 110: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2019.

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• Coins and currency dated 1860