1856 Queen Victoria Copper Half Farthing Coin In Near Very Fine Condition.
This coin is the KRITANNIA error. The 5 also appears overstruck in the date.
There are surface marks on both sides of this coin.
This coin comes in a plastic coin envelope.
The 1856 Half Farthing is a coin struck in copper by the Royal Mint. The obverse features the first uncrowned portrait of Queen Victoria facing left with legend around, this early image of Queen Victoria is often referred to as the young head design. The reverse has a central crowned denomination with the date underneath. There is a rose, thistle and shamrock below the date.
The half-farthing was only struck in copper during Queen Victoria’s reign. In 1842, it was declared legal tender in the United Kingdom, but was demonetized along with other British copper coins on December 31, 1869. At the time it was in circulation, the farthing was worth one-fourth of a penny, or 0.10 pence in today’s money.
There were 913,920 of these half farthing coins minted in 1856.
You are buying the Copper Half Farthing coin in the pictures.
