Description
Victoria (1837-1901) Copper Proof Halfpenny, 1861, laureate bun head left, sixteen leaf wreath with four berries, toothed border both sides, legend surrounds VICTORIA DG BRITT REG FD. Rev, Britannia seated right with trident, denomination legend reads HALF – PENNY, date in exergue (S.3956; Fr 281, dies 7+F; BMC.1768). About as struck for issue, pleasing. Encapsulated and graded by NGC as Proof 63, Brown