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Great Britain. Pattern Halfpenny, Undated

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:750.00 USD Estimated At:1,500.00 - 1,700.00 USD
Great Britain. Pattern Halfpenny, Undated
<Our item number 138655><B>Great Britain. Pattern Halfpenny, Undated.</B> Peck-712; Nicholson-155. Plain edge. Bronze. Queen Anne. Obverse: Draped bust of Queen left, ANNA DEI GRATIA. <I>Reverse</I> Identical, but inverted. Deeply prooflike, with an absence of any real wear. Prooflike fields, stress marks both sides and a little double striking distinguish this important experimental piece. Natural flan flaws. <B>About Uncirculated.</B> <BR><BR>*Dr Nicholson, the famous halfpenny enthusiast wrote: &#39;Peck was almost certainly correct in regarding the double-obverse varieties as preliminary trial strikings of the four relevant obverse dies.&#39;<BR>The presence of striking flaws should not been as a fault as they demonstrate the problems that Sir Isaac Newton, as Master of the Mint, had to face. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,500 - 1,700. <BR><BR>Our item number 138655<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/48jpegs/138655.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/ liveauction/48jpegs/138655N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>