A penny for your thoughts....post your favorite copper,brass,specimens

Edessa · September 22, 2022

How about two Ha'pennies...

Hanover. George I, AD 1714-1727. CU Halfpenny. Second issue. Tower (London) mint. Dated AD 1721/0 and 1724. Obv: Laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: Britannia seated left on globe, holding branch and scepter; shield at side, plain edge. Ref: Peck 796; SCBC 3660. From the Dr. William E. Triest Collection.

ewomack · September 23, 2022

One of my favorite coppers I've added to the pile. Not a perfect specimen, but perfect enough for me. Plus, it didn't break the bank. I've never wanted my hobby to bankrupt me.

Though I've neglected them recently - my interests have gone mostly ancient - I still love my small patch of half cents.

And I now have a small batch of Byzantine coppers, but I've probably shared them enough recently.

Edited September 23, 2022 by ewomack

lloydchristmas · September 23, 2022

Another week, another CWT

akeady · September 28, 2022

I've been photographing a lot of 29 farthings plus 7 farthing fractions (1/2 & 1/3 farthings) that I bought in September 2013...

They were a bargain, at $135 for the lot, and several interesting varieties have shown up - whoever collected them originally had an eye for rarities rather than necesarily their condition. E.g. a very rare 1851 over 5851 date half farthing and an 1823 farthing with Roman I. I'm very happy with what I find.

Anyway, here's a George IV farthing with quite a nice portrait which I like. George was a spendthrift and all-round scoundrel and unpopular as king, but this portrait is nice - more flattering than the earlier one 😄

ATB,
Aidan.

Edited September 29, 2022 by akeady

Octavius · September 29, 2022

Japan , 2 Sen, 1870

Russia , 2 Kopeks , 1858

Octavius · September 29, 2022

USA half cent , 1834...

Russia, 5 Kopeks, 1804

Qcumbor · September 29, 2022

George III, a cartwheel penny and a "regular" penny"

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DonnaML · April 17, 2023

I'm reviving this old thread to post a couple of British coppers -- one that I just bought, and a companion piece I've had for almost a quarter-century. The type was issued for only two years, 1806 and 1807.

George III AE Penny 1806, S. 3780 (variety with no incuse hair curl by tie knot), by Conrad Heinrich Küchler, Soho Mint. Obv. Short-haired, laureate, and draped bust right, GEORGIUS III • D : G • REX., date 1806 below / Rev. Seated figure of Britannia facing left, with olive branch in raised right hand, left hand holding trident and resting on shield bearing Union flag, sea behind with ship to left, legend BRITANNIA above; the word SOHO engraved below lower right of shield, at 45 degrees. 34 mm., 19.27 g. Purchased from Noonans Mayfair (formerly Dix Noonan Webb), London, UK, Auction 271, 4 Apr. 2023, Lot 415.

George III AE Halfpenny 1806, S. 3781, by Conrad Heinrich Küchler, Soho Mint. Obv. Short-haired, laureate, and draped bust right, GEORGIUS III • D : G • REX., date 1806 below / Rev. Seated figure of Britannia facing left, with olive branch in raised right hand, left hand holding trident and resting on shield bearing Union flag, sea behind with ship to left, legend BRITANNIA above; the word SOHO engraved below lower right of shield, at 45 degrees. 29 mm., 9.52 g. Purchased from Paul J. Bosco, New York, NY, 1999.

I admit that I didn't notice the word SOHO on the lower right of both coins until I read about it on Numista. It's not mentioned in Spink.

More coppers, please!

Edited April 17, 2023 by DonnaML

John Conduitt · April 17, 2023

Here are all the Georges. Well, George II was probably there at one point. Most coins I have after Victoria are from circulation, but the coppers were all removed after decimalisation before I was born. So these first two will have come from the loose change of parents or grandparents.

George VI Farthing, 1944

London. Bronze, 20mm, 2.87g. Bare Bust, facing left; GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX F:D:IND: IMP. Wren, FARTHING, 1944. Plain edge (S 4116-1944).

George V Penny, 1929

London. Bronze, 31mm, 9.43g. Bare smaller bust facing left; GEORGIVS V DEI GRA:BRITT:OMN:REX:FID:DEF:IND:IMP: Britannia seated with shield facing right; ONE PENNY, date in exergue. Plain edge (S 4055-1929).

George IV Farthing, 1821

London. Bronze, 22mm, 4.67g. Laureate head 1 left; GEORGIUS IIII DEI GRATIA. Britannia seated with shield right, holding trident and spray; date in exergue below; BRITANNIAR REX FID DEF (S 3822).

George III 1st issue Farthing, 1774

Tower. Copper, 23mm, 4.96g. Laureate and armoured bust right; GEORGIVS·III·REX·. Britannia seated with shield bearing the Union flag facing left, holding olive branch and trident; BRITANNIA; date in exergue. Edge: Plain (S 3775).

George II Halfpenny, 1729-1754, filed down and engraved ‘Down with the Rump’ 1745-1752

Tower. Bronze, 28mm, 5.18g (the halfpenny from 1729 was 28mm and 9.9g) (S 3719). The Rump Parliament was what was left after it was purged of Charles I sympathisers in 1648. The motto 'Down with the rump', sometimes preceded by 'God bless PC' (Bonnie Prince Charlie, grandson of James II) was used on items produced after the Battle of Culloden in 1746 (the culmination of the Jacobite rising and the last pitched battle fought in Britain). The slogan was popular amongst Prince Charlie's supporters, the rump being a derogatory term for the Hanoverian establishment.

George I ‘Dump’ Halfpenny, 1717

Tower. Copper, 25mm, 9.45g. Laureate and cuirassed portrait of King George I facing right, legend continuous over bust; GEORGIVS· REX·. Seated figure of Britannia left, trident in left hand, olive branch in right, shield with Union flag resting on left, legend around, date in exergue; BRITAN NIA (S 3659). Known as the 'dump' issue as it was smaller and thicker than previous issues.