1698 Half penny

[Johnshan]

Looking for type 1 William III 1698 Halfpenny date in Exergue

[Rob]

Good luck. They were only struck for three months.

[Johnshan]

Hi Rob. Yes Ive seen a couple for sale but it seem that im always too late and the coins been sold.☹️ But thanks for wishing me luck.

[copper123]

Much rarer than the legend type , I had one a few years ago and sold it in 2014 good luck about two or three a year appear on ebay , same with the farthings , still looking for a nice one

[oldcopper]

The best ones I've noticed are 

(1) Nicholson (Colin Cooke 2004); Pywell-Philips, Spink 2018; GVF

and

(2) G. Bates, DNW, 2018, similar grade, some lustre.

[oldcopper]

I should add that finding a 1698 DIL halfpenny in any condition above Fine is probably impossible. Peck's plate coin (BM) is almost certainly the best by far.

[Johnshan]

On 10/10/2023 at 11:41 AM, oldcopper said:

I should add that finding a 1698 DIL halfpenny in any condition above Fine is probably impossible. Peck's plate coin (BM) is almost certainly the best by far.

Thanks for your info. I know that I’m on a mission impossible to find one anything decent, Fine would be Fine or even great, but I continue to look / hunt. Who knows in the end I just might find one. I keep hoping, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

Cheers

[Johnshan]

On 10/9/2023 at 7:45 PM, copper123 said:

Much rarer than the legend type , I had one a few years ago and sold it in 2014 good luck about two or three a year appear on ebay , same with the farthings , still looking for a nice one

I hope that we`re not bidding against each other!! 😉

[Johnshan]

This is the farthing just need the halfpenny to keep it company !!

[copper123]

Halfpenny is rarer but farthing more popular therefore easier to sell

[Rob]

On 10/10/2023 at 11:41 AM, oldcopper said:

I should add that finding a 1698 DIL halfpenny in any condition above Fine is probably impossible. Peck's plate coin (BM) is almost certainly the best by far.

I would concur. Before I abandoned collecting halfpennies in 2008/9, the only thing I found worthy of keeping was the attached, and fine it ain't.

[Johnshan]

On 10/11/2023 at 2:40 PM, Johnshan said:

This is the farthing just need the halfpenny to keep it company !!

Thanks for your like 😀  Your 1698 halfpenny  looks rather screwed up, I understand why you chose to keep it  Original

[copper123]

On 10/12/2023 at 12:08 AM, Rob said:

I would concur. Before I abandoned collecting halfpennies in 2008/9, the only thing I found worthy of keeping was the attached, and fine it ain't.

I have a much much nicer coin , will try to put pics on soon , nice double struck blank by the way

[copper123]

whoops looks like i must have sold both my coins sum tome ago sorry

[Johnshan]

Oh no......looks like Im too late again. Hope you keep me in mind though, 🤞

[Michael-Roo]

As Rob suggests these are difficult to find having been struck for three months only.

I have two, but they were bought several years apart and it's some time since I last saw one for sale anywhere. Note mine were struck from different reverse dies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 3, 2024 by Michael-Roo

[Peckris 2]

Nice finds!

[Michael-Roo]

18 hours ago, Peckris 2 said:

Nice finds!

Thanks Chris, yes indeed, though sought rather than found. 😉