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Johnshan

1698 Half penny

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Looking for type 1 William III 1698 Halfpenny date in Exergue

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Good luck. They were only struck for three months.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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!! 😉

F d Farthing 1698 b Type 1 cat 3557 p 663 ER.JPG

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

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Halfpenny is rarer but farthing more popular therefore easier to sell

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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.

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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

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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.

02339.jpg

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

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

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

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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.

 

 

1698a-01 copy.jpg

1698a-02 copy.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1698b-01 copy.jpg

1698b-02 copy.jpg

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Nice finds!

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18 hours ago, Peckris 2 said:

Nice finds!

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

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