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William & Mary Halfpenny?

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Guest richbedforduk

Hi

I am currently sorting and disposing of a coin collection. As I am no expert , I am trying to be careful and not make too many silly mistakes (the 1st batch of coins that I put on ebay I listed as Victoria pennies - some hours later I received an email pointing out that they were halfpennies! )

So I have found this William & Mary coin. I think that it is a copper halfpenny, but I cannot find a dimension listed for this coin. I make this one 29mm. Can anyone confirm this please?

Rich

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa308/s...ey/PICT0008.jpg

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Hi

I am currently sorting and disposing of a coin collection. As I am no expert , I am trying to be careful and not make too many silly mistakes (the 1st batch of coins that I put on ebay I listed as Victoria pennies - some hours later I received an email pointing out that they were halfpennies! )

So I have found this William & Mary coin. I think that it is a copper halfpenny, but I cannot find a dimension listed for this coin. I make this one 29mm. Can anyone confirm this please?

Rich

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa308/s...ey/PICT0008.jpg

Common mistake I see all the time is Halfpennies listed as Pennies and Farthings listed as Halfpennies, because they have no denomination/value on them, the easiest way to distingiush them is the daimeter.

Copper Pennies 34mm, Halfpennies 28mm and Farthings 22mm

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A "dump" halfpenny. The first issue was struck on thicker, smaller diameter flans

Ahhhh! Thank you again. That kills two birds with one stone - I was going to ask what a dump issue was, they use it in the book I am using but it's not in the explanations. (feel free to explain why it is called a 'dump' coin though).

Rich

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A "dump" halfpenny. The first issue was struck on thicker, smaller diameter flans

Ahhhh! Thank you again. That kills two birds with one stone - I was going to ask what a dump issue was, they use it in the book I am using but it's not in the explanations. (feel free to explain why it is called a 'dump' coin though).

Rich

Because it's dumpy - thicker and smaller diameter

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A "dump" halfpenny. The first issue was struck on thicker, smaller diameter flans

Ahhhh! Thank you again. That kills two birds with one stone - I was going to ask what a dump issue was, they use it in the book I am using but it's not in the explanations. (feel free to explain why it is called a 'dump' coin though).

Rich

Because it's dumpy - thicker and smaller diameter

WOW! I have a coin named after me!!!! :D

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