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I'm primarily a Victorian halfpenny collector, both copper and bronze young head varieties. there's no thread for such coins, so I have no place to post some newly acquired specimens. Consequently, I decided to make a new posting and invite others to show me their latest and greatest! Here's two NGC graded Victorian copper halfpennies that are both rather scarce in a high grade. I acquired both of them in the most recent Goldberg auction.

no one got any spare ones to buy?

Some pics with my main camera. For the money I cannot complain!

FRANCE. 1820 AE Medal. PCGS SP65. By Barre. 50.6mm. (Bramsen 1831; Slg. Julius 3685.) Obverse: Winged Victory in quadriga over globe depicting Europe and Egypt. Reverse: Legend in wreath of laurel and oak branches. / LES SOUSCRIPTEURS ASSOCIÉS POUR TRANSMETTRE A LA POSTÉRITÉ LES VICTOIRES ET CONQUÊTES DES FRANCAIS DE 1795 A 1815. ÉDITEUR C. L. F. PANCKOUCKE 1820. Bramsen 1831; Slg. Julius 3685. Struck for the subscribers to a work by C. L. F. Panckoucke, on the victories and conquests of Napoleon. Charles-Louis-Fleury Panckoucke, born on 26 Dec 1780 in Paris and died on 11 Jul 1844 in Meudon, was a French writer, printer, bookseller, and publisher. His most famous published work as editor was that for which this medal was created, published in Paris in 1820. Ex E. J. Haeberlin collection. Ernst Justus Haeberlin (born 19 Jun 1847 in Frankfurt, Germany, died 5 Dec 1925 ) was a lawyer and commercial councilor in Frankfurt am Main. However, Haeberlin became known primarily as a numismatist. In 1906 he was a co-founder of the Frankfurt Numismatic Society. His coin collection was dispersed after his death, with the Aes-Grave portion and other items entering the coin cabinet of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin .

Pretty sure that's the Northern Ireland. It's got a little lumpy bit in the middle of the flag.

Uncirculated, but the date is very weak

If you have a lot of spare trays then make your own cabinet. That's what my son did for me. Killed two birds with one stone. It did something with the pile of trays that were always being moved and dumped somewhere else, and from his perspective solved the perennial problem of what to give me for Christmas. It has been posted before, but here it is again. For anyone thinking of carving the front panel of a hardwood cabinet, I have been assured that it seemed like a good idea at the time.

If you could let me know of anyone who hasn't been duped on ebay..I think it would be a very short list. Lets face facts we are all greedy and want a bargain.Dodging a bullet is good though.

I know! I was so hung up on border beads I didn't even notice it was the small head. What a twit. I suddenly felt £30 richer, but someone's not going to be happy - they obviously thought the same as me...

P1974.

I would not have a clue sorry and never seen one before.

Hello all, still new here so please be gentle! My Uncle has recently retired from a company which made the machines used to produce the first decimal pennies and two pence coins. He said that during testing they had security guard at the factory with the coin test blanks to make sure none of them went astray. However they forgot to take away a couple of containers of the struck blanks so they all helped themselves to a few. He had a few in his tool box all that time and he re-found them when he was cleaning it out hence the toolbox dirt! He has said he has some 2p blanks as well but I haven't seen them. Are these common? Size and weight of the real coin.

No , only the 1958 broad rim coins. Pic below shows the 1957 and 59 along side the 1958s

I'll look at thread momentarily. To clarify, the picture I posted is of a 1963. I was going to use it to identify my 1958's. When you mention "broad rim coins", are you talking only about 1958 varieties, or all the ship reverse varieties? Have just read the other thread. Interesting. It would appear there is some discrepancy between Freeman and the actual available varieties. It will make the collection of this year more fun. This picture was the most interesting to me: The teeth actually "cut" into the rim. Haven't seen that before.

I have recently started collecting pre decimal coins and have stumbled across this coin/token. I cannot seem to find any reference of this particular variant. Is anyone able to help me identify?

Just passing by and saw this topic. Thought my 1964 6d might be relevant. The clog is obvious, but there are no signs that the "I" has been filed away, so I think it's a genuine die clog, and a 'ghost' of the I remains. (Would be fascinated to know if there are any more out there?)

Some lovely stuff. Not a recent acquisition but here's one I love to bits. It belonged to Peck.

I've recently acquired a high grade specimen of an 1852 halfpenny. This coin is a the Reverse A die variety (Peck 1536). Does anyone know why the mint introduced the Reverse B die in 1851, which was subsequently discontinued in 1858?

Hi Dicky. welcome to the forum . The 1861 penny, as with the 1860 - 62 pennies have a wide variation of date widths , as indeed so do a good number of dates throughout the bronze pre-decimal period of production, but during these first thee years of production the variations in position of the last digit seems to be almost infinite , as it can be found up to far, down to far, rotated , and in distance from the 6. Because of this, Its thought that the last digit was punched onto the die by hand. I show a few examples of this below Terry

Second is a P2000 (F706A), ex Peck collection. Rated R20 by Freeman, but as there is another in the Mint Museum, R19 is more appropriate. Third is a F689. ex - Baron Philippe de Ferrari la Renotiere, Sotheby 27/3/1922 lot 399 V M Brand SNC May 1967 lot CC3073 (incorrectly listed as P2002) £75 M J Freeman Christies 23/10/1984 lot 202 Heritage Auction #410 lot 13023 1/6/06 This was an important miss by Peck as he only recorded the P1983 where the reverse leaves face in the opposite direction, but this coin was illustrated in the Nobleman sale of 1922. This was one of only six Victorian decimal patterns not in the Norweb collection, and was omitted purely by chance. When the coin was listed in the May '67 Circular, it was attributed as a P2002, which she already possessed. Normally Mrs N would have had first bite at the cherry, but the misattribution allowed MJF to acquire it and recognise the variety for what it was. Purchased slabbed as a P1983, the coin is no longer in the plastic, thus saving NGC the embarrassment of a label error. This coin's exciting life included a 7 month period after the Heritage sale when it went awol on a world tour of various countries' postal systems. Thankfully it was returned to Heritage the following January. I was not happy at a unique coin going missing. The second coin like so many of the thinner flan patterns is laminating. This is more often the case than not. And finally, Mrs N's P2002 which she had and so didn't get the misdescribed second coin. These are in the wrong order because of mixed sources. The P2002 is the undated one at the top.

An oddball for a change. 1859 pattern decimal halfpenny. P2037, ex - Baron Philippe de Ferrari la Renotiere 399, Sotheby 27/3/1922 V M Brand SNC May 1967/CC3075 M J Freeman Christies 23/10/1984 lot 221 part SNC Oct.2002 MC1524C St. James’s 3 3/10/05, lot 307

1863 small 3, 1874H

1859 copper, 1861 bronze and 1860 Weyl copper pattern. All scans, so a bit flat.

I Not by everyone! They're just a little penny, after all.

Here's another hard-to-find in this or higher condition. I also bought this coin at the recent Goldberg auction.