E-Auction 21 Lot 88

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E-Auction 21 Lot 88

William and Mary. 1689-1694. Copper halfpenny. 11.92 gm. 28 mm. (184 grains, slightly above the usual maximum of 182 grains). 169(?). Their conjoined busts right; GVLIBLMVS• — BT• MARIΛ • around / Britannia seated left; BRITΛN — NIΛ • around; 169(?) below. S. 3452. Peck 604 var. Near Very Fine; reverse center weak; unrecorded variety. Remarkable piece: the punches for the obverse portraits and reverse figure appear to be the same as for a regular issue (James or Roettier for the obverse, Charles II for the reverse). The legends are less well wrought--the letter E is closed like a B on the obverse; the A's on both sides are inverted V's (unbarred A's); the weight is two grains higher than the limit Peck notes. Peck discusses the "spelling errors" and related problems with these issues and reading Snelling's account (pp 39ff, A View of the Copper Coinage of England, 1873) of the problems with various people having coinage patents seems to indicate that not only was this an "officially produced" piece it was also typical of problems in that era. Interestingly enough given how often the public suffered from a lack of small change, there was a problem at this time with "extravagant quantities of copper halfpence...."

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