Posted 08/13/2023 6:25 pm
A collector generally won't want it, given the date is completely worn away. But yes, it would have been a Queen Victoria penny.
It most likely circulated in the colonies, to be worn this flat. Coinage circulating in Britain itself would have been withdrawn and melted by the time the wear got this bad. But the colonies were always short of coinage, and coins continued to circulate until they were worn flat discs. Pennies and halfpennies of Queen Victoria that you find here in Australia, for example, tend to often look like this.
It most likely circulated in the colonies, to be worn this flat. Coinage circulating in Britain itself would have been withdrawn and melted by the time the wear got this bad. But the colonies were always short of coinage, and coins continued to circulate until they were worn flat discs. Pennies and halfpennies of Queen Victoria that you find here in Australia, for example, tend to often look like this.
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