GREAT BRITAIN

Great Britain 1601 Pattern Farthing of Elizabeth I, struck in silver
Peck 6, North 2054
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 589, £, "...pierced...catalogued by Peck as a Halfpenny and by North as a Farthing, catalogued in the Gregory Collection as a Farthing"

Great Britain c. 1694 London or Elephant Halfpenny
Peck 500
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 466, £, "9.73 g[rams]...The obverse die was later used on the Carolina and New England Halfpennies circulating in the United States c. 1694, in the reign of William and Mary.  The London piece belong to the reign of Charles II, as they are associated with the Royal Company of Adventurers and the later Royal African Company that supplied gold, silver and seemingly, copper for the purpose of coinage from Africa..."

Great Britain c. 1694 London or Elephant Halfpenny, struck over a Charles II Halfpenny
Peck 504
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 468, £, "9.51 g[rams]..."

Great Britain 1672 Halfpenny of Charles II
Peck 506, S 3393
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 469, £, "The first official use of Britannia on English currency since Roman times"

Great Britain 1687 Tin Halfpenny of James II
cf Peck475, S 3419
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 475, £, "The recent Nicholson collection records three known, this specimen is the fourth"

Great Britain c. 1694 Pattern Halfpenny of William and Mary
Peck 595
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 479, £, "Referred to and authorized by the House of Commons on 17th April 1694"

Great Britain 1694 Halfpenny of William and Mary, struck in copper on a very thick flan
cf Peck 605, S 3452
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 484, £, "22.7 g[grams]...Only poor but unrecorded as a piedfort and extremely rare"

Great Britain 1700 Halfpenny of William and Mary, farthing size date logotype
cf Peck 696, S 3556
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 503, £, "...unrecorded as struck from such small date figures"

Great Britain 1717 "Dump" Halfpenny of George I, struck on a thick flan piedfort
cf Peck 769, S 3659
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 513, £, "...Only poor but unrecorded; possibly unique"

Great Britain 1718 "Dump" Proof Halfpenny of George I, struck in silver
Peck 778, S 3659
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 516, £, "...possibly the untraced "other" specimen in Peck, not present in the recent Nicholson collection either"

Great Britain 1799 Pattern Halfpenny of George III, gilt copper
cf Peck 1238 and note KH18
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 543, £, "...Peck mentions that the British Museum has a specimen showing traces of gilding but due to the poor state it was unable to conclude whether this was original.  This...gilt specimen proves that such a piece does exist"

Great Britain 1860 Proof Halfpenny of Victoria, young head left, toothed borders on both sides
Peck 1552, S 3949
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 569, £, "...the key piece to the Victorian series of Halfpennies"

Great Britain 1933 Pattern Halfpenny
Peck 2284, 9.30 grams.
Baldwin & Sons, May 2, 2006, Lot 461, £16,500, "One of only four known."