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Session Seven - Wednesday, February 15th 10:00 am PST3084 Great Britain. Penny, 1857. S.3948; KM-739. Victoria. Large
date. Plain Trident type. Obverse young portrait of queen left by
Wyon. Reverse; Britannia. A high grade specimen. NGC
graded MS-62 Brown.
Estimate Value ......................................................$125 - 150
3085 Great Britain. Halfpenny, 1857. S.3949; KM-739. Victoria.
An appealing uncirculated example. Uncirculated.
Estimate Value ......................................................$100 - 125
3086 Great Britain. Penny, 1858 (8 over 3). S.3948; KM-739.
Victoria. Obverse young portrait of queen left, by Wyon.
Reverse; Britannia. A glossy mint state coin which is very diffi-
cult to locate in the highest grades. NGC graded MS-63
Brown. WINGS APPROVED.
Estimate Value ......................................................$225 - 275
* Peck writes that that throughout the 1850s, dies were some-
times re-used by imposing a new numeral over an existing one.
He states ' In 1864, during the Mastership of Professor Graham
1855-1869, a new and wasteful practice was introduced of
scrapping all imperial coins on the last day of the year for which
they were dated, regardless of their condition. Previously, dies
of one year continued to be used for ther following year as long
as they remained serviceable, sometime with the date altered
by recutting the last figure. The only known instances of such
overcutting in the bronze series occur for the years 1865 and
1889.'.
3087 Great Britain. Halfpenny, 1858. S.3949; KM-726. Victoria.
Small Date. Glossy mint state with a generous helping of mint
red. An attractive mid Victorian coin with great eye appeal.
NGC graded MS-63 Brown.
Estimate Value ......................................................$150 - 175
3088 Great Britain. Halfpenny, 1858/7. S.3949; KM-726. Victo-
ria. A great mint state example of this overdate. Not easy in this
condition. NGC graded MS-64 Red & Brown. WINGS
APPROVED.
Estimate Value ......................................................$150 - 200
3089 Great Britain. Penny, 1860/59. S.3948; KM-739. Victoria.
Obverse young portrait of queen left by Wyon. Reverse, Britan-
nia. A very presentable coin with good surfaces. The 1860
dated copper penny is the very last of the series, the rarest, and
the most sought after. NGC graded EF-45 Brown.
Estimate Value ................................................ $3,000 - 3,500
* In December 1860 the copper coinage was replaced by
bronze- a change which had already been made in France in
1852. Most of the Pennies, Halfpennies and Farthings dated
1860 are consequently the smaller, bronze issue. All large cop-
per coins dated 1860 are exceedingly rare.
3090 Great Britain. Halfpenny, 1860. S.3956; KM-748.2. Victoria.
Beaded Borders. Sharply detailed and uncirculated. NGC
graded MS-64 Red & Brown. WINGS APPROVED.
Estimate Value ......................................................$125 - 150
3091 Great Britain. Halfpenny, 1860. S.3956; KM-748.2. Victoria.
Beaded border. An attractive halfpenny example from the first
year of the new smaller bronze coinage. Original color, some-
what prooflike surfaces and mint state. NGC graded MS-64
Red & Brown. WINGS APPROVED.
Estimate Value ......................................................$125 - 150
3092 Great Britain. Proof Halfpenny, 1861. S.3956; KM-748.2.
Victoria. Brilliant copper Proof. Obverse, Wyon' s portrait of
queen with hair in bun. Reverse; Britannia. Date below. A pris-
tine specimen, unlisted in Peck and extremely rare. NGC
graded Proof 64 Brown. WINGS APPROVED.
Estimate Value ................................................ $1,000 - 1,200
3093 Great Britain. Proof Farthing, 1861. S.3958; KM-747.2. Vic-
toria. Obverse portrait of queen left wearing hair in bun.
Reverse, Britannia. Bronze finish. Lots of eye appeal. NGC
graded Proof 65 Brown. WINGS APPROVED.
Estimate Value ......................................................$700 - 800