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Lot 570 - (1672-94) London Elephant Halfpenny Breen-186 PCGS AU55

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Lot 570 - (1672-94) London Elephant Halfpenny Breen-186 PCGS AU55
(1672-94) London Elephant Halfpenny. Thick planchet. Breen-186.. Variety without diagonals in the center of the shield. Glossy chocolate brown with frosty lighter brown toning in protected areas and darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The surfaces are smooth except for a few tiny planchet voids in the field above the elephant's shoulder plus a couple very thin ones slanting across the bottom of the shield and in the field below, all as struck. In addition, there is a narrow beveled planchet clip that's barely visible in the slab over PRES in PRESERVE, also as struck. A very attractive example of this early British issue associated with her American Colonies. (#55)