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Glossy light reddish chocolate with lighter brown on the devices. Mostly smooth but there are some planchet fissures on both sides, the most-obvious

Glossy light olive brown with a couple splashes of darker olive brown on the obverse. Mostly smooth but there are some small planchet voids on both s

Choice glossy medium brown with traces of mint frost in protected areas. No corrosion or contact marks, just very light friction on the devices. Lat

An ET LIR variety. Mostly glossy light olive and medium brown with darker mahogany in protected areas near the rim. Most of the planchet is smooth b

Technical grade at least EF40 and choice where properly struck, but more than a third of the planchet was too thin to receive a proper impression from

A CONNFC variety. Mostly glossy chocolate brown and steel with lighter steel brown toning on the highpoints. Most of the planchet is smooth but ther

Choice glossy medium brown with satiny frost in protected areas around the legends. The head is softly struck and covered with small planchet chips a

Glossy light brown with medium chocolate brown toning in protected areas. There is a spot of darker reddish chocolate toning in the field at the tip

Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. There is obvious planchet chipping in the centers

Slightly glossy olive brown and steel with lighter brown on the highpoints. The obverse is a bit dull thanks to extremely fine roughness while the re

Rather glossy light olive brown and chocolate. Looks smooth and the eye appeal is quite nice for the grade, but a glass reveals extremely fine roughn

Slightly glossy medium brown with darker reddish chocolate brown in protected areas. The highpoints are smooth but the fields and protected areas are

Frosty light to medium steel brown in the fields and protected areas with dark steel brown toning on the highpoints. Sharp and quite attractive with

Glossy light brown and tan with steel brown toning on the highpoints. Smooth with no trace of planchet flaws. A spot of darker toning high on the sh

Slightly glossy light to medium chocolate brown. Both sides are covered with microscopic roughness mixed with tiny contact marks. The notable marks

Glossy medium chocolate brown. Smooth with a planchet crack in the edge at K-1 on the reverse. Double struck with the first strike reasonably well c

Very attractive glossy light to medium brown blending to light olive brown in protected areas. Smooth except for a shallow planchet fissure at the bu

Choice glossy light to medium brown with darker steel brown and chocolate toning on the highpoints. The planchet is smooth with no trace of flaws or

Medium reddish brown and light chocolate with frost in protected areas, particularly on the reverse. Sharp with very little wear on the devices but t

Rather frosty medium brown and light chocolate. Looks smooth to the unaided eye but a glass reveals very fine granularity covering the planchet. No

Glossy tan and light brown on the devices with light chocolate covering the fields and protected areas. Looks perfectly smooth to the unaided eye but

Slightly glossy dark olive brown and steel. Covered with fine roughness but there is no verdigris. The roughness is strongest near the edge before t

Includes 5 Imitation British Halfpennies 1752-1776, and a 1723 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny. Some are sharper with defects but all have a readable...

Several points sharper with fine roughness in the fields and protected areas while the highpoints are smooth. There are areas of crusted shallow verd

Sharpness near VF25 but covered with light roughness and recolored, now a slightly glossy medium brown and light chocolate with lighter highpoints. N

Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown toning covering the devices on both sides. The two-tone appearance accents those devices an

Sharper but there is a deep dent at the top of the head and a couple small digs under the I in NIA. Reasonably smooth with trivial roughness under gl

Rather glossy dark olive brown and steel. Lightly worn but there is extremely fine granularity in the fields and protected areas. There are some lig

Slightly sharper but covered with uniform extremely fine granularity under rather glossy olive brown toning. No verdigris and the best identifying ma

Glossy medium brown blending to light chocolate in protected areas. Smooth and choice if not for a planchet void at the eye (as struck). The date an

Glossy medium brown and light olive. Choice except for some microscopic planchet voids on the right half of both sides (as struck). The date is comp

Glossy light chocolate brown. Smooth with trivial marks including a tiny planchet clip at the top of the reverse (as struck). LDS with swelling that

Ten points sharper but covered with light corrosion. No marks or verdigris, and the toning is a slightly glossy dark olive brown with lighter brown o

Mostly glossy light chocolate and reddish brown with lighter tan on the highpoints. Mostly smooth but there are a few small patches of fine roughnes

Significantly sharper but covered with uniform fine to moderate granularity. There is a fine diagonal scratch through OR in GEORGIVS, a planchet flaw

Slightly sharper, especially on the obverse, but fine to moderate roughness covers the fields and protected areas. No marks or verdigris. Dark olive

Glossy olive brown and steel. Mostly smooth but a glass reveals microscopic granularity in the fields and protected areas. No verdigris or notable m

Lustrous light brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. Satiny and choice except for some very small planchet flakes scattere

Mostly glossy dark olive brown and steel with lighter brown in protected areas. Mostly smooth but a glass reveals microscopic roughness in the fields

Choice frosty medium chocolate brown and steel. Satiny luster covers the protected areas and this piece has superb eye appeal. Sharply struck and ne

Light olive and steel brown. Very fine roughness covers the fields and protected areas on the obverse but everything else is smooth and the eye appea

Slightly glossy light to medium brown with darker olive brown and steel in protected areas. Covered with fine roughness mixed with hairline scratches

Glossy dark olive brown. There are traces of microscopic roughness under the glossy patina, mostly at ITAN, but overall the planchet is reasonably sm

Glossy dark olive brown with light brown on the highpoints. The highpoints are smooth but the remainder of the planchet is covered with extremely fin

Slightly glossy steel brown with lighter brown on the devices. No contact marks or verdigris, but the fields and protected areas are covered with fin

Glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown on the devices. The surfaces look perfectly smooth but a glass reveals some microscopic roughness, mostly a

Sharper but there are some marks including thin nicks at the chin and throat, a planchet fissure at the rim left of the shoulder, a small planchet chi

Choice glossy chocolate and olive brown with underlying lighter brown in the fields. Smooth and very attractive. The only marks are a thin planchet

Rather glossy light brown with dark olive brown in protected areas. The eye appeal of this piece is quite nice for the grade, but fine roughness cove

Sharper, especially on the reverse where many of the details are VF, but cleaned and covered with fine roughness. A dent under the plow handles caus

Includes 1787 Maris 38-Y R3 F15 net VG7 for fine roughness (struck slightly off center to K-7.5), 1787 Maris 43-d R1 F12 net VG7 for fine roughness an

Glossy light olive with darker olive brown around parts of the obverse legend. Subtle puffs of reddish brown toning show on both sides. Sharp and at

Steel brown and olive with traces of frosty lighter brown in protected areas. Possibly cleaned long ago. No roughness, just moderate wear. The only

Frosty light brown with steel brown toning on the highpoints. There is a trace of friction on the highest points of the devices and a few tiny planche

Glossy light to medium chocolate. Smooth with moderate wear. The only defects are traces of glue on the clock side and a pair of planchet clips, bot

Glossy medium brown with darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. No defects, just light friction on the devices. LDS with a large cud break at

Glossy light to medium brown with chocolate on the highpoints. Essentially flawless with light friction on the devices. LDS with a large cud break a

Frosty light olive with steel brown toning on the highpoints. No defects, just light friction on the highpoints. M-LDS with a smaller cud break at t

Frosty dark olive brown and steel mottled with lighter brown. Satiny with just a hint of rub on the highpoints. There are a few inconspicuous specks

Frosty steel brown with faded mint color in protected areas on the obverse (press side). Just a hint of rub on the highest points of the devices. Th

Choice glossy chocolate brown with frosty light brown in protected areas. Flawless except for a tiny nick under the R in LIBERTY. Struck in medal al

Glossy chocolate brown and steel. The only defects are some light scuffs on the highpoints of the ship. Listed on page 74 in the "Redbook.&qu...

Glossy light to medium brown. Sharply struck with hard, reflective fields and great eye appeal. The only defects are some faint hairlines and a few

Lustrous brown with lighter tan in protected areas and slightly darker steel brown on the highpoints. A few peeps of mint red are visible on the reve

Choice frosty steel brown with lighter brown in the fields and protected areas. No defects, just light friction on the highpoints. Usual BEARER edge

Frosty steel brown with lighter brown in the protected areas. Just a trace of friction on the highpoints. The only marks are a planchet chip under t

Frosty olive brown and steel. Sharply struck and void of defects, just light friction on the devices. Listed on page 77 in the "Redbook."...

Frosty light to medium chocolate brown with traces of reddish steel on both sides, mostly on the right side of the reverse. Sharply struck and the on

Glossy light olive and steel brown. Smooth with no notable contact marks. The only defects are two small planchet flaws: a minor clip at RT over NOR

Bright silvery toning with frosty devices and reflective fields giving this piece a cameo appearance. May well have been a proof strike. The only no

A political piece with the END OF PAIN theme and PANDORA'S BREECHES. Frosty steel brown with lighter golden tan in protected areas. LDS with a...

A political piece with the END OF PAIN theme and MAY THE KNAVE OF JACOBIN CLUBS NEVER GET A TRICK. Frosty brown and light olive with generous traces

A political piece with the END OF PAIN theme and THE WRONGS OF MAN/JAN 21/1793. Lustrous brown and light olive with generous traces of mint red remai

A political piece with the END OF PAIN theme (END OF P T) and SUCH IS THE REWARD OF TYRANTS/1796. Lustrous brown and light olive with 5-10% of the mi

Another anti-King George III piece. ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF MAN and AM I NOT THINE ASS with the king riding an ass. Sharply struck with no defect

Another anti-King George III theme. NOTED ADVOCATES FOR THE RIGHTS OF MAN with a standard 1793 BIRMINGHAM HALFPENNY reverse. The three hanging men a

An advertising token for PIDCOCK'S EXHIBITION/EXETER CHANGE STRAND LONDON. Pidcock's was an exhibition of exotic animals in London includin...