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Collection Bronze Halfpenny

BH1952a

Bronze Halfpenny, 1952

Type
BH Bronze Halfpenny
Year
1952
Mint
Royal Mint, ordinary issue
Variety
a
Mintage
33,278,400 struck
In the collection
1 example, best at FDC Fleur de Coin
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 BH1952a may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription
GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX FIDEI DEF.
Reverse inscription
HALF PENNY, Date
CC2000
G6HD-170 2 1
Gouby
BH1952 A -
Peck
P2454 - -
Freeman
F461 2 P
All Coin Values
AC1952 a -

Condition & value

Held at Fleur de Coin. 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 Below the best grade held
  9. BU Brilliant Uncirculated Below the best grade held
  10. FDC Fleur de Coin Held £6.00

Catalogue figures from CY2026 (estimate).

The example held

FDC Fleur de Coin

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Obverse

No description recorded.

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Reverse

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