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Collection Bronze Halfpenny

BH1948a

Bronze Halfpenny, 1948

Type
BH Bronze Halfpenny
Year
1948
Mint
Royal Mint, ordinary issue
Variety
a
Mintage
26,947,200 struck
In the collection
1 example, best at UNC Uncirculated
Monarch
George VI
Diameter
25 mm
Weight
5.7 g
Metal
Bronze
Reverse
Medal (↑↑)

The mintage is the striking's, not this variety's — the varieties were never counted separately. An issue may also have been struck more than once, so another variety of BH1948a may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription
GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX F:D:IND:IMP.
Reverse inscription
HALF PENNY, Date
CC2000
G6HD-120 1 1
Gouby
BH1948 A -
Peck
P2446 - -
Freeman
F453 1 N
All Coin Values
AC1948 a -

Condition & value

Held at Uncirculated. Figures above are catalogue values for a better example.

  1. VG Very Good Below the best grade held
  2. F Fine Below the best grade held
  3. F+ Fine+ Below the best grade held
  4. VF Very Fine Below the best grade held
  5. VF+ Very Fine+ Below the best grade held
  6. EF Extremely Fine Below the best grade held
  7. EF+ Extremely Fine+ Below the best grade held
  8. UNC Uncirculated Held £5.00
  9. BU Brilliant Uncirculated not catalogued
  10. FDC Fleur de Coin not catalogued

Catalogue figures from CY2026.

The example held

UNC Uncirculated

No obverse photograph yet

Obverse

No description recorded.

No reverse photograph yet

Reverse

No description recorded.