Pattern Halfpenny, 1788 (early Soho), by J P Droz, struck in copper, en medaille, similar to preceding coin, edge plain, struck without collar (P.946 DH4 [this coin]), portrait double-struck, otherwise good extremely fine, with plenty of original red colour, of the highest rarity, one of only two known specimens

Details

Pattern Halfpenny, 1788 (early Soho), by J P Droz, struck in copper, en medaille, similar to preceding coin, edge plain, struck without collar (P.946 DH4 [this coin]), portrait double-struck, otherwise good extremely fine, with plenty of original red colour, of the highest rarity, one of only two known specimens

Provenance

A H F Baldwin, private transaction, April 1964
Mrs E M H Norweb, Spink Auction 48, 13 November 1985, lot 566