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Collection Bronze Halfpenny

BH1953a

Bronze Halfpenny, 1953

Type
BH Bronze Halfpenny
Year
1953
Mint
Royal Mint, ordinary issue
Variety
a
Mintage
8,910,000 struck
In the collection
1 example, best at UNC Uncirculated
Monarch
Elizabeth II
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 BH1953a may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription
+ELIZABETH II DEI GRA:BRITT:OMN: REGINA F:D:
Reverse inscription
HALF PENNY, Date
CC2000
EZHD-005 1 1
Gouby
BH1953 A -
Peck
P2505 1 A
Freeman
F463 1 A
All Coin Values
AC1953 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 £1.00
  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

Lower relief head, cross points to gap

No reverse photograph yet

Reverse

No description recorded.