Great Britain Irish Halfpenny Liberty Security Reverse 1795
This is a rare item associated with colonial times in America. It is a 'mule,' wherein front and back dies are mis-matched in an unnatural way. The front is an Irish halfpenny and the back is a 'Liberty and Security' token minted by William Lutwyche in Birmingham.
The coin in our picture comes from Stack's where it sold for $280 US dollars in a 2005 auction. We think that price is low, and the coin is actually worth much more.
There is a good write-up on these coins over at the Notre Dame web site, although information about value is not included.
Here are CoinQuest's estimates of catalog value for these coins:
worn: $100 US dollars approximate catalog value
average circulated: $300
well preserved: $800
Each of these coins will, of course, stand on its own merits. If the coin is corroded, scratched, stained, cleaned, or otherwise compromised, value will be much less.
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Coin: 17450, Genre: Colonizers and Colonies, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 201406, Last review: 201606
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic brown Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1795, filter: 1795 to 1795
Image: great_britain_irish_halfpenny_1795.jpg
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