Great Britain 1696 half penny

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 75532

This specimen was lot 75532 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Penny, 1696. London Mint. William III. PCGS Genuine--Environmental Damage, EF Details. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1695-98. Most survivors are weakly struck or have problems.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.8 g, copper, 28.5 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: S-3554; KM-A483.1.

Sources:

• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• 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.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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