1939 Roo Halfpenny, And A Question

Someone here told me to look for the Calcutta obverse, and I found one at the last show!
I don't know if it's valuable...it's just fun finding stuff!

I have been told this is the best way to sought your 1922 varieties.
quote:Sort by obverse type - Indian/ London = 2 piles.
On the Indian dies, check for CBL reverse and FBL reverse = 2 piles.

Now check obverse lettering on each of these new piles. Could be FBL / CBL obverse =now = 4 piles of Indians.

now for London.
separate as above and get your 4 piles.

Put a normal date one aside - you should have 9 piles now.

Then separate a wide date , an extra wide date and a wide date with spike on tail of nine/ over-date.
That should make 12 different distinct types.

If that isn't enough there are 1922 Indian die first 2 tilts left,
upsets, single prong spurs, Double prong spurs, and triple prong spurs, Cuds, die-cracks, dots and possibly many more.

The Indian or Calcutta Obverse is thought to make up 20% of the total mintage of 1922 pennies.

Is at minimum, a very confusing year

Farnbycoins, wow--that's quite a assortment! Thanks!
Now I'll need to lookup what FBL and CBL mean

Getting back on topic, I have always wondered why the 39 roo has a far higher book price than the 44 Half penny. Is it simply because it is the first roo half penny, with a much lower mintage than the 39 COA reverse? The 44 has a lower mintage than the 39 roo, so has me thinking, was the 39 roo reverse exported for metal value at some time?
By the way KurtS, very nice coin, as nancyc said, you could easily give it a Fine+ or F15 grade.

what does the 1d or 2d or 1/2d always mean?

farnbey is probably right, exported for metal..

G'day,
quote: "what does the 1d or 2d or 1/2d always mean?"
I feel old ...
what we called a penny was, historically, descended from an ancient Roman coin, called a "denarius". This was abbreviated to "d". Very confusing when I was a boy. Because of a similar history, the abbreviation for pound (= 20 shillings) was "L", for "Librum" (or similar). Shilling was abbreviated to "s", but not because shilling began with "s". No, the shilling was descended from the Roman "solidus".

So, and this will sound hilarious to people born after 1966, "L.s.d." used to be a synonym for "money" generally. As it happens, the other type of LSD became a topic of conversation about the time that decimal currency was introduced.

Back to your legitimate question:
1d = one penny
2d = two pennies, usually written twopence, but pronounced "tuppence". Australia never had a 2d coin, but the Brits did.
1/2d = one-half penny, usually written halfpenny, but pronounced "ha'penny".

The Brits went decimal about 1970. The pound remained the same. The shilling disappeared. The old pennies, etc disappeared. Instead of being equal to 240 old pennies, the pound was now divided into 100 New Pence, which were abbreviated "p", which you have probably heard of. A few years after decimal conversion, the Brits dropped "New Penny/Pence" down to just "Penny/Pence".

Peter