Great Britain 1825 half penny

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72104

This specimen was lot 72104 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/2 Penny, 1825. London Mint. George IV. PCGS MS-64 Brown Gold Shield. Tied with just two other specimens for the finest certified by PCGS, this deep chocolate-brown near Gem features captivating surfaces and immense luster. Tremendous eye appeal is on full display. From the Regent Crest Collection." This type was struck for George IV 1825-27 and was the first half penny struck since 1806. This is the scarcest of the three year type.

Recorded mintage: 215,000.

Specification: 8.8 g, copper.

Catalog reference: S-3824; KM-692.

Source:

• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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