Two Sydney Tea Stores Halfpennies - Help With Attributions, Please?

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daltonista Pillar of the Community United States 1057 Posts	Posted 10/29/2025 7:41 pm Continuing to work my way through my British Oceania auction prep, I've come across these two bedraggled Sydney Tea Stores Halfpennies that I pulled out of a junk box 35-40 years ago in Tacoma but haven't looked at since. I've numbered the scans to make it easier to distinguish them in any discussion. Below each scan I'll delineate my attempts to attribute them using my Renniks, Andrews, and KM catalogs. I'd appreciate input from anyone who's handled these who could confirm or refute my own hunches. I understand that they may be too far gone grade-wise to invite any description whatsoever. #1 - There appears to be an attempt at perspective with the diagonal lines imposed over the horizontal bricks on the side wall. Raised bricks, sunken joints? To me, the roof tiles look randomly arranged. My best hunch is Renniks 545, Andrews 429, and KM Tn191.3. #2 - Studying these scans now, I find that the more I look at this #2 the stronger its similarities to #1 appear. Aside from the uncertainty created by the differently obliterated brickwork, the wavy top rows of roof tiles on both specimens seem to match perfectly. I'll propose he same attribution for both: Renniks 545, Andrews 429, and KM Tn191.3. My thanks in advance for any thoughts and comments! "If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough." --- Mario Andretti Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 10/31/2025 10:08 am Bumping to get some eyes on it. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
spider083 Valued Member Australia 58 Posts	Posted 10/31/2025 4:18 pm Just checked them against Simon Grays attributions and I agree with your attribution. They are both A429 halfpennies. Report this Post to the Staff
daltonista Pillar of the Community United States 1057 Posts	Posted 10/31/2025 5:36 pm Thank you, jbuck and spider083! Sap, do we have your concurrence on this? Happy Halloween to all! "If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough." --- Mario Andretti Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16805 Posts	Posted 10/31/2025 8:11 pm I would agree; A429 often shows a die crack on the Britannia side, and I would assume this is we can see on both these coins, coming in from the final A, arcing through the seated Britannia and coming out at the "T". They are number 224a in Gray's book. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
daltonista Pillar of the Community United States 1057 Posts	Posted 11/01/2025 08:53 am Thank you, Sap! "If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough." --- Mario Andretti Report this Post to the Staff
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