Commonwealth Halfpenny Nonsense

[Coinery]

Having recently bagged an acceptable shilling, I thought I’d take a look at acquiring a commonwealth type-set, given that it would be quite small…so long as I ignored the dates and mintmarks.

Anyhow, looking around last night, I stumbled across a nice little halfpenny, and decided to dig a little further into the market before buying it, and it’s amazing what you find…

Firstly, that Numista had the misfortune to select an Heritage Auction image of an obvious copy, and secondly that Heritage auctions managed to achieve just under £750 for a different, graded example! Absolutely bonkers!

[Citizen H]

I also recently discovered these 2 commonwealth coins amongst my box of Hammered Coins,

rubbed but nice to have all the same,

......£737.48 😲 gosh! 

 

 

[Coinery]

20 minutes ago, Citizen H said:

I also recently discovered these 2 commonwealth coins amongst my box of Hammered Coins,

rubbed but nice to have all the same,

......£737.48 😲 gosh! 

 

 

You’ve compiled a highly eclectic collection of coins! Great stuff!