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[2208] Great Britain. Proof copper Halfpenny, 1672

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:1,250.00 USD Estimated At:2,500.00 - 2,750.00 USD
[2208] Great Britain. Proof copper Halfpenny, 1672
<Our item number 77551><B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Great Britain.</FONT> Proof copper Halfpenny, 1672.</B> Charles II. Style of S-3393. No error in the legends. Peck-509. Cope & Rayner rate this R4 in Proof. Peck calls it &#34;very rare.&#34; 30.5 mm diameter. Edge not viewable in the slab, but as Peck says &#34;Proofs have a plain linear circle instead of the toothed border.&#34; Otherwise the two kinds of issues are hard to distinguish. The technical grade is not so much at issue when it comes to finding any of these coppers, but rather the problem is locating coins without flaws, without damage, without corrosion. Those are the things that plague the coppers of the late 17th century and into the first few decades of the next century. Especially hard to find nice are any coppers of Charles II, James II, William & Mary, and William III, because in reality these were the formative years, a period of crude alloying and clumsy minting presses. Comparable in U.S. numismatics are the first nickel coins, those of 18 65 to about 1870, which show that the mint had trouble adjusting press pressures correctly and could not get the alloy right very often. Thus what we have here, in this lot, is a very early British copper of exceptionally pleasing eye-appeal, made of lovely &#34;light chocolate&#34; copper without alloying flaws or much later damage. There is an ancient scuff just behind the king&#39;s nose, and another light one on Britannia&#39;s front leg. But these are nit-picking marks, for this coin is among the nicest copper halfpennies of this reign to be found. <B>NGC graded Proof 62 Brown.</B> <BR>Estimated Value &#36;2,500-2,750. <I><BR>The Cheshire Collection.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 77551<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://216.67.248.213/liveauction/31jpegs/077551.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://216.67.248.213/liveauction/31jpegs/077551N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES> <BR><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="http://216.67.248.213/liveauction/ilgebaylogo.JPG"></TD> <TD> 350 South Beverly Drive Suite 350<BR> Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA<BR> Telephone: 310-551-2646<BR> Fax: 310-551-2626<BR> E-Mail: <A HREF="mailto:brian@goldbergcoins.com"> info@goldbergcoins.com </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <font color=red> <h3>There is a 20% commission charge added to each and every lot.</h3></font> <P>We are one of the country's premier auction houses, specializing in U.S., World and Ancient Coins and Currency; Autographs; Manuscripts; Rare Books and other Fine Collectibles. Dedicated to quality of product and customer service, we guarantee authenticity of all items sold for their full purchase price. </P> <P>Our office will answer inquiries about lots (e-mail only, please) from 9-5 (Pacific Time) Monday through Friday. </P> <a href=http://PayPalSucks.com><img border=0 src=http://PayPalSucks.com/images/logo.gif></a> <p align=center> <font face=Arial size=2>Pay for this auction online with Western Union<sup>®</sup> Auction Payments<sup><font size=2>SM</font></sup></font> <BR><BR> <a href="http://www.auctionpayments.com/" target="_blank"><img border=0 src="http://www.auctionpayments.com/images/banners/banner1.gif" alt="Western Union Auction Payments"></a> </p> <P>Bidpay payment items will be sent upon reciept of check from Western Union. These payments may take up to ten days to get to us. We accept MasterCard, Visa up to $5000 dollars, personal checks, cashiers checks and money orders on all items. When using a credit card, please include account number, expiration date, billing and shipping address and eBay lot number. <B>Successful California bidders must pay 8.25% sales tax. This tax charge may not appear on your invoice until we are notified of purchasers address.</B> All credit card transactions are subject to additional verification. Shipping charges will not be quoted until notification of purchasers address. </P> <P>We are members of the American Numismatic Association, Professional Numismatists Guild, International Autograph Dealers Alliance, Universal Autograph Collectors Club and the Manuscript Society. View our auction catalogs and consignment offers at: <A HREF="http://www.goldbergcoins.com"> www.goldbergcoins.com. </P> <TABLE> <TR> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE> <TR> <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.com/images/png1.gif" ALT="Member PNG" width=50 height=65>
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