 1723/2 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny. Large 3/2. N.5. About Uncirculated. 107.5 gns. Nice even light olive brown in color on both sides. Surfaces only microgranular, appearing smooth and hard to the naked eye. Somewhat soft in the centers as struck. Small planchet flaw on the reverse running from the base of the harp to the rim below. Boyd noted at the time he bought it that this was the ''Best one of 3....'' The 1723 overdate is known with either a large or a small '3' over an underlying '2'. The perfect date 1723 is also catalogued as Nelson 5.
Ex Tom Elder's sale of July 1, 1915, lot 491; F.C.C. Boyd Estate.
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