GEORGE I HALFPENNY








          Weight and size tolerance are 9.4-10.3 grams  and  26-29 mm Rev alignment is down , dump issue is same weight but size is 25 mm – 27 mm alignment is down.  Any coin out of these tolerances would be considered desirable, significantly out of these tolerances would be extremely desirable.

  The engraver is  John Croker a German born in Saxony  on 21 October 1670 – 21 March 1741. In 1705 he became Chief Engraver to the royal mint a position he held until his death in 1741, his reverse of Britannia was used on Queen Ann. George I. George II, and George III farthings and very much my favorite  reverse design. This entire dump issue is prone to obverse stops not struck up properly, care must be taken when buying these examples which do require much scrutiny.

This halfpenny coinage was struck in high relief which means a good portion of the design is raised this does lead to blemishes on the coins also the use of faulty blanks did not matters and the high amount of pressure needed  to strike the high relief impression was often insufficient. A lot of care must be taken when grading these halfpennies and farthings because what looks like wear is indeed weak striking areas and erratic tears on the coins surfaces almost certainly happen the second the coin was minted due to faulty blanks ( probably oxygen in the copper when made )  there are examples of this below. George I halfpennies are very difficult to fine well struck and can often have weak areas and parts that are not struck up that well, a well struck full fan example would be considered very desirable by a collector this also applies to farthings as well.

YOU WILL RECEIVE THE COIN THAT IT'S PICTURED. I AM PROVIDING PLENTY OF PICTURES SO YOU CAN JUDGE FOR YOURSELF THE CONDITION OF THE COIN