Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 261 dies 2+B Lustrous UNC, an early strike with prooflike fields, we note this piece superior to the Andrew Wayne and Roland Harris examples, (there was no example in the Nicholson Collection), we note the Roland Harris example realised £320 hammer price in London Coins Auction A124 28/2/2009, Ex-Spink Auction 68 23 March 1989, Ex-Hopetoun House collection Lot no.707 hammer price £75
Halfpenny 1860 Beaded Border, Ex-Michael Freeman who states 'Restrike Proof, a later strike from old, badly-worn dies, dies which had been polished', EF about as struck
Halfpenny 1860 Copper ProofPeck 1552 Ex-Nicholson Collection, where described as follows :- 'The finest example to come on the market in the last 30 years', Practically FDC with some darker toning behind Britannia and a couple of light nicks on Britannia's face, Extremely Rare, purchased from Spinks Numismatic Circular Feb 1992 item 268 £1700
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border ProofFreeman 263 dies 2+B toned nFDC formerly in a CGS UK holder attributed as the proof and graded UNC 85 (CGS do not grade by type their bench mark scale was designed to be able to grade all coins on the 1 - 100 scale hence they have no such grade as Proof 85)
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