Great Britain 1720 half penny

Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 44580

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 44580 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $690. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Penny, 1720. George I. PCGS MS-62 Brown Gold Shield. A well struck and pleasing example of the type, with soft luster and an even, dark chocolate brown patina. An exceptionally well made coin for what is a usually quite crude type. There are no distracting marks in the fields, the only disturbance of note being a rust pit on the original die, located to the right of the bust." This type was struck 1719-24 and is common up thru Fine condition.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.86 g, copper, 27 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-3660; KM-557.

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.
• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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