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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => European Coins => Topic started by: Goose on July 15, 2013, 04:33:37 PM

Title: Britain 1/2 penny
Post by: Goose on July 15, 2013, 04:33:37 PM

I just acquired (8) Unc. G B 1967 1/2 penny coins for $2 U S. I know the mintage was over 146 million, but being over 45 yrs old, might there be any value to them? I purchased them due the the reverse....a ship, as I purchased several rolls of N Z 50 centers in N Z due to that coin's 'ship' reverse.

Title: Re: Britain 1/2 penny
Post by: Triggersmob on July 15, 2013, 08:57:34 PM

Goose, no real numismatic value in his coin. Krause list it as 10c in UNC.
If you like I though, then it is priceless.   

Title: Re: Britain 1/2 penny
Post by: Goose on July 16, 2013, 04:21:46 PM

I put an 8 in parentheses and it turned out to be a 'smiley face' (didn't know that). I purchased 8 for $2 so I guess I'm out 15 cents each ($1.20).....dunno if I can afford that loss. Hmmm, maybe they'll pass in a machine that takes quarters.

Title: Re: Britain 1/2 penny
Post by: Nevol on July 17, 2013, 10:07:56 AM

I must have a later version of Krause which shows them as:
                                       XF    Unc  
1967 146,491,000         .15    .55

Title: Re: Britain 1/2 penny
Post by: Triggersmob on July 17, 2013, 12:01:45 PM

Quote from: Nevol on July 17, 2013, 10:07:56 AM

I must have a later version of Krause which shows them as:
                                       XF    Unc 
1967 146,491,000         .15    .55

I did forget to mention that my Krause was an old version.
Thanks for the updated values, Nancy.

Title: Re: Britain 1/2 penny
Post by: Sap on July 17, 2013, 07:52:04 PM

The '67 halfpenny was (and still is) extremely common to find in Unc, thanks to a huge hoard of mint rolls they found. If you bought a copy of the Rotographic "Collectors Coins GB 2008" catalogue, they gave away an Unc '67 halfpenny for free, stapled to the front cover. Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Collectors-Coins-Great-Britain-2008/dp/0948964766/ref=sr_1_5/280-2408715-2266564?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1374133680&sr=1-5).

If a book publisher is giving them away as freebies, they're not going to be super-valuable.