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Just came across this fairly attractive 1861 halfpenny in one of my "unresearched" boxes, meaning coins I haven't looked at in over 35 years.
I'm not detecting indicators of any of the known varieties, so for now I'm presuming that this is the common plain-vanilla 1861.
Conmfirmation, anyone? Many thanks in advance!
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Very nice!   |
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I'm not an expert on the Bun Halfpenny varieties - just getting one example of every date in Fine or better condition is quite an achievement - but yours looks pretty normal to me and is in exceptional condition for one of these coins. They worked hard for a living and most of the ones you see are extremely worn. I think this series is greatly underappreciated and greatly undervalued - just try looking for problem-free Fine specimens of any date. I think part of the reason is that collectors prefer the bigger, more glamorous pennies, which have been studied more thoroughly for varieties by Peck, Freeman and others.
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I know this is an old thread ,but want to reply. It seems to be a Freeman obverse 4 reverse G, rarity R13 according to freeman, but it could be more or less now.
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Rob & Safi -- My thanks to both of you for your input on this, I've never collected Britain by date, so particular die characteristics have escaped me entirely. (Now I'll have to see if I can figure out what Freeman's R13 means.)
Safi, the thread is only four days old! I know things move fast around here, but...
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Probably reading it as DD/MM/YYYY versus MM/DD/YYYY.  |
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Quoth the jbuck:
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Probably reading it as DD/MM/YYYY versus MM/DD/YYYY.
Ahhhh...of course!
Sorry, Safi...gotta work on my cross-cultural sensitivity profile, I guess.
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Now I'll have to see if I can figure out what Freeman's R13 means. I was curious myself, so Google provided an answer: R20 = Believed unique R19 = 2 to 5 R18 = 6 to 15 R17 = 16 to 50 R16 = 51 to 100 R15 = 101 to 250 R14 = 251 to 500 R13 = 501 to 1,000R12 = 1,001 to 2,000 R11 = 2,001 to 3,500 R10 = 3,501 to 7,000 R9 = 7,001 to 12,000 R8 = 12,001 to 20,000 R7 = 20,001 to 30,000 R6 = 30,001 to 50,000 R5 = 50,001 to 100,000 R4 = 100,001 to 200,000 R3 = 200,001 to 350,000 R2 = 350,001 to 650,000 R = 650,000 to 1 million N = 1 to 2 million C = 2 to 3 million C2 = 3 to 5 million C3 = 5 to 6 million C4 = 6 to 7.5 million C5 = 7.5 to 10 million C6 = 10 to 12.5 million C7 = 12.5 to 15 million C8 = 15 to 17.5 million C9 = 17.5 to 20 million C10 = 20 to 25 million C11 = 25 to 30 million C12 = 30 to 35 million C13 = 35 to 40 million C14 = 40 to 45 million C15 = 45 to 50 million C16 = 50 to 60 million C17 = 60 to 75 million C18 = 75 to 100 million C19 = 100 to 150 million C20 = Over 150 million |
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So sorry guys, sometimes I think my brain just does not compute  |
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Quote: So sorry guys, sometimes I think my brain just does not compute We have all been there. Do not sweat it.  |
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 Safi, me too, obviously, but I find that sometimes more coffee helps!
And thank you, nickelsearcher -- very interesting! With over 8.5 million struck in all flavors I'm not very comfortable asserting that my bog-standard farthing is that scarce, but who am I to question Freeman, right?
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I find that sometimes more coffee helps! Or, if you prefer as I do, more tea. English Breakfast in the morning, Luzianne in the afternoon.  |
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