Halfpenny 1860 Beaded Border, no tie-knot, Freeman 260A, dies 1*+A, a rare type and rated R16 by Freeman, Lustrous UNC with touches of red toning, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 80, the second finest known of just 4 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border, Freeman 266 dies 4+B, UNC with around 85% lustre with excellent surfaces, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82, the finest known of just 3 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, Ex-Andrew Wayne Collection, London Coins Auction A113 June 2006 Lot 1045 hammer price £160, Ex-Roland Harris Collection, London Coins Auction A124 February 2009 Lot 538 hammer price £260
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border, Freeman 267 dies 4+C, UNC with much original mint lustre, very rare in this high grade, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 78, Ex-Andrew Wayne collection, London Coins Auction A113 June 2006 Lot 1046 hammer price £200, Ex-Roland Harris Collection, London Coins Auction A124 February 2009 Lot 539 hammer price £260
Halfpenny 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 258 dies 1+A, UNC, the obverse with around 90% lustre, the reverse with around 30% lustre, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82, Ex-London Coins Auction A117 June 2007 Lot 1123 hammer price £46
Halfpenny 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 258 dies 1+A, UNC and choice with around 45% mint lustre, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85, of the 49 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, this is the third finest graded example
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border, low 0 in date struck over a weak, correctly positioned 0, as Freeman 267 dies 4+C UNC or near so with traces of lustre, the obverse with a spot on the helmet plume, scarce and rated R14 by Freeman
Pennies 1916 (2) Freeman 180 dies 2+B the first the recessed ear type with the (usual) broken border tooth above the colon stop after BRITT, A/UNC and toned, slightly streaky, the second the standard type with normal border teeth UNC with around 40% lustre, Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 261 dies 2+B UNC with around 40% lustre and a small tone spot above Britannia, scarce in this grade
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 266 dies 4+B UNC or near so with traces of lustre, some small spots in the Queen's hair and Britannia's drapery are visible under magnification
Penny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 10 dies 2+D UNC with around 75% lustre, Halfpenny 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 258 dies 1+A UNC with around 60% lustre ands a few small spots, Farthing 1860 Toothed Border 5 Berries Freeman 501 dies 3+B UNC toned
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border F over P in HALF, dies as Freeman 267 dies 4+C, the complete foot and part of the curve visible under close magnification, previously unseen for 1860, (only seen for 1861) VF and worthy of further research for the variety specialist
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 Freeman 260A, no tie-knot, dies 1*+A, rated R16 by Freeman, UNC with a tone spot on the bust and some light deposit on the reverse, highly lustrous and very rare in this high grade, Ex-G.Monk £11.50
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 266 dies 4+B UNC/AU with good but pale lustre, in our experience, somewhat scarcer than the R11 quoted by Freeman, Ex-M.Peake collection £20
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border as Freeman 267 dies 4+C, the lower horizontal bar of the E in REG weakly struck so as to resemble an F, UNC with good subdued lustre
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 Beaded Border as Freeman 258 dies 1+A but with the E of REG consisting of an L struck over an F VF with a flan flaw on the reverse, unusual
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 261 dies 2+B (R12) UNC with approximately 50% lustre and scarce in this grade. (We note there was no example of this type in the Nicholson Collection), Ex-Andrew Wayne collection London Coin Auction A113 June 2006 Lot 1043 hammer price £150
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)
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 261 dies 2+B (R12) UNC with approximately 50% lustre and scarce in this grade. (We note there was no example of this type in the Nicholson Collection), Ex-Andrew Wayne collection London Coin Auction A113 June 2006 Lot 1043 hammer price £150
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 267 dies 4+C (R14) UNC with practically full lustre, very rare in this condition, Ex-Andrew Wayne collection London Coin Auction A113 June 2006 Lot 1046 hammer price £200
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 266 dies 4+B UNC with approximately 85% lustre and rare as such, Ex-Andrew Wayne collection London Coin Auction A113 June 2006 Lot 1045 hammer price £160
Halfpenny 1860 Toothed Border as Freeman 267 Dies 4+C but with the 8 of the date overstruck, probably over another, lower 8, also the Iis tilted clockwise with no top serifs About VF, unusual
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