Coins for collectors - Uncirculated British 1967 Halfpenny / Half Penny Coin / Great Britain

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Of all the errors and varieties we’re going to cover here, the one that most folks are probably hoping to find is the so-called doubled die — often incorrectly known as a “double die” to some people.

Mistakenly double-engraved dies used during minting result in doublings on the coin surface. Such half-dollars show doubling on lettering and images on the obverse and reverse. In the case of coins minted in 1967, such imperfections appear on: Christopher Ironside designed all six new denominations for decimalisation for which he was awarded the OBE in 1971. See also Plus, you can see a tiny E PLURIBUS UNUM written along the ribbon that the eagle, placed in the middle of the reverse, holds in its beak. Since all mintage from this year was from Philadelphia, not a single coin has the mint mark.During Victoria's reign, the halfpenny was first issued with the so-called 'bun head', or 'draped bust' of Queen Victoria on the obverse. The inscription around the bust read VICTORIA D G BRITT REG F D. This was replaced in 1895 by the 'old head', or 'veiled bust'. The inscription on these coins read VICTORIA DEI GRA BRITT REGINA FID DEF IND IMP. The production of the ½ New Penny was necessary since the old sixpence (with a decimal face value of 2.5p) continued in use up until 1980 and merchants had the ability to charge in nearly as small units as they could previously with the old money. Halfpenny and Farthing". Royal Mint Museum. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018 . Retrieved 10 May 2014. No halfpennies were produced in the reigns of Queen Mary I, or of Philip and Mary, or for the first twenty years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Halfpenny" was colloquially written ha'penny, and " 1 + 1 / 2 d" was spoken as "a penny ha’penny" / ə ˈ p ɛ n i ˈ h eɪ p n i/ or three ha'pence / θ r iː ˈ h eɪ p ən s/. [5] "Halfpenny" is a rare example of a word in the English language that has a silent ' f'.

The British pre-decimal halfpenny, (pronounced / ˈ h eɪ p ən i/), once abbreviated ob. (from the Latin 'obulus'), [1] was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1 / 480 of one pound, 1 / 24 of one shilling, or 1 / 2 of one penny. Originally the halfpenny was minted in copper, but after 1860 it was minted in bronze. In the run-up to decimalisation, it ceased to be legal tender from 31 July 1969 (although halfpennies dated 1970 were minted as part of a final pre-decimal commemorative set). [2] The halfpenny featured two different designs on its reverse during its years in circulation. From 1672 until 1936 the image of Britannia appeared on the reverse, and from 1937 onwards the image of the Golden Hind appeared. [3] Like all British coinage, it bore the portrait of the monarch on the obverse. [4] When King James I ascended the English throne in 1603, for the first couple of years halfpennies were produced in the same style as Elizabeth I's sixth issue, though with a thistle or lis mintmark. From 1604 onwards, there was a completely different style of coin with a rose on the obverse and a thistle on the reverse. The first of which were introduced by around 785 by the Anglo-Saxon King Offa of Mercia. The name Penny was derived from the German ‘pfennig’ and old English ‘pennige’. The pre-decimal halfpenny had a value of 1/480 of a pound sterling, as one penny was worth 1/12 of a shilling to which there were 20 to the pound. Specification Further authorisation was granted to Bolton in 1799. This enabled him, in 1806 and 1807, to mint one Penny and two Penny coins with a changed design plus new Halfpence coins.

King Richard II (1377–1399) produced all his halfpennies at the London mint. The obverse legend reads RICHARD (or RICARD) REX ANGL– Richard King of England – around a front-facing bust of the king. There was indeed a halfpenny issued in 1970 that was still pre-decimal with the same design as the 1967 coin, but this version was not minted for circulation and instead was issued in souvenir sets for collectors. This uncirculated coin served as a farewell to the pre-decimal halfpenny and gave collectors the chance to add a much better condition coin to their collection. During the short second reign of Henry VI (1470–1471), halfpennies were produced at London and Bristol. The obverse inscription was changed to read HENRIC DI GRA REX. It was long considered that the first halfpenny coins were produced in the reign of King Edward I (1272–1307), with earlier requirements for small change being provided by "cut coinage"; that is, pennies cut into halves or quarters, usually along the cross which formed a prominent part of the reverse of the coin. However, in recent years metal detectorists have discovered a few halfpennies of Kings Henry I (1100–1135) and Henry III (1216–1272) – these are extremely rare and very little is known about them; they have all been found in the London area, where they circulated alongside the more common cut coinage, and while it is possible that these coins were patterns or trials, it is clear that they did see circulation. It is possible that there are other coins or issues still to be discovered. Besides coins from the regular strikes, the Philadelphia mint produced 1967 No Mint mark SMS half-dollars dedicated to collectors. These 1,800,000 silver halves are a part of the Special Mint Sets, and buying one separate coin of this quality is impossible.