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Virginia Halfpenny

(English, about 1720–1779)
1773
MintTower Mint, London, England
Medium/TechniqueCopper
DimensionsDiameter and weight: 26 mm, 7.49 gm (1 in., 0.26 oz.)
Credit LineAugustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession number01.128
On View
On view
ClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
H.M. & E.I. Richards, Attleboro, Massachusetts
1837
James Falconer Atlee
1787
Richard W. Robinson
1815–25
William Mossop Jr.
dated 1781, struck about 1810–20
James Falconer Atlee
dated 1775 (probably struck around 1786)
James Barton Longacre
1870
James Barton Longacre
1863