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***Auction Highlight*** 1773 1/2p Virginia Halfpenny, Period TOP POP! Graded ms65 RD By SEGS (fc)

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***Auction Highlight*** 1773 1/2p Virginia Halfpenny, Period TOP POP! Graded ms65 RD By SEGS (fc)
***Auction Highlight*** 1773 1/2p Virginia Halfpenny, Period TOP POP! Graded ms65 RD By SEGS. Although granted by it charter of 1606, Virginia did not pursue the right to a coinage until eve of the Revolution, when the Crown struck the only colony-specific issue ever fully authorized. Although the coins arrived in Virginia in a timely fashion, Treasurer Robert Carter Nicholas wouldn't release them for circulation until February 1775, when the royal proclamation permitting their circulation arrived.Virginia's 1773 halfpenny was used extensively in Williamsburg, where more than 120 specimens have been recovered from archaeological digs. Hundreds of the "Period" variety have been graded in Mint State, mostly in MS63 and MS64. Brown examples are the most common, followed fairly closely by Red-Brown examples, but full red examples are very scarce (if not rare).Obv. - Laura. bust of George III to r.Rev. - Virginia arms