Hopefully the 1968 sale and not his father's in 1912?
James I sixpences (6), third bust, 1604, 1605 mm. lis; 1605 mm. rose (tooled); 4th bust 1605, 1606 rose; 1606 scallop. All VF. Bought by Spink for £100. Most likely for stock, so a gander through the Circular for June 58 onwards ought to produce dividends. No time at the moment.
Scarce and well struck! Is it definitely a cut half, though? Hard to tell from these images.
I've been fortunate enough to handle a few of these Raven pennies but have yet to call one my own. Envious.
@mrbadexamplelike you I have recently had an urge to acquire a decent Viccy copper penny example, and a halfpenny
I now have this penny (which ticks all my boxes), and am considering a halfpenny from the same seller
Please let me know if this is the kind of example you are after
Glad you separated this out, John. A very interesting thread! I have two contributions: Starting with an 1839 bronzed proof, bt. DNW 111 12-13/06/13, ex. Andrew Scothern Collection.