½ Penny - Victoria (2nd Portrait) - Britannia (2nd Type)
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Reverse: © smithymx67
Description
This was a standard circulation half penny in pre decimal times.
Key Details
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GBR)
Issuer
The Royal Mint
Currency
Pound Sterling
GBP - £
1158 - 1970
Type
Standard Circulating
Years
1874 - 1894
Alignment
Medal ↑↑
Shape
Round
Diameter (⌀)
25.56 mm
Thickness
1.6 mm
Weight
5.67 g
Face Value
½ Penny (1⁄480 GBP)
Demonetized
Yes
Composition
Bronze
Obverse (heads)
Obverse Description
Second portrait ('Bun Head') of Queen Victoria with legend around.
Obverse Designer
Leonard Charles Wyon
Obverse Lettering
VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Obverse Unabridged Lettering
Victoria Dei Gratia Britanniarum Regina Fidei Defensatrix
Obverse Lettering Translation
Victoria by the Grace of God Queen of the Britains Defender of the Faith
Reverse (tails)
Reverse Description
Britannia with a trident and shield with a lighthouse and ship in the background with denomination above and date below.
Reverse Designer
Leonard Charles Wyon
Reverse Lettering
HALF PENNY
1884
Edge
Edge Description
Plain
Mints
Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London
1810 - 1975
Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited, Birmingham (H)
1850 - 2003
Mintage
Year
Mintage
Quality
1874
Circulated
1874 H
Circulated
1875
Circulated
1875 H
Circulated
1876 H
Circulated
1877
Circulated
1878
Circulated
1879
Circulated
1880
Circulated
1881
Circulated
1881 H
Circulated
1882 H
Circulated
1883
Circulated
1884
Circulated
1885
Circulated
1886
Circulated
1887
Circulated
1888
Circulated
1889
Circulated
1890
Circulated
1891
Circulated
1892
Circulated
1893
Circulated
1894
Circulated