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Half Penny - 1838 to 1901 - Price Guide
Originally the halfpenny was minted in copper, but after 1860 it was minted in bronze. These coins were bearing on their reverse the seated figure of Britannia, who was to remain a feature of the coins until 1937.
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| 1838 | - | - | £4.50 | £12.00 | £37.00 | £49.50 |
| 1839 - ↑↓ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1839 - ↑↑ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1841 | - | - | £3.90 | £10.70 | £31.70 | £42.20 |
| 1841 - Silver | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1843 | - | - | £22.30 | £47.00 | £118 | £154 |
| 1844 | - | - | £8.70 | £26.70 | £79.00 | £87.50 |
| 1845 | - | £108 | £172 | £397 | £1,000 | £1,300 |
| 1846 | - | - | £9.10 | £22.70 | £61.00 | £80.20 |
| 1847 | - | - | £9.10 | £21.90 | £60.60 | £80.00 |
| 1848 | - | - | £16.50 | £42.90 | £91.30 | £115 |
| 1848 - 8/7 | - | - | £8.30 | £24.00 | £65.80 | £86.80 |
| 1851 | - | - | £4.20 | £11.50 | £36.10 | £48.40 |
| 1851 - Dots on Shield | - | - | £3.00 | £8.50 | £33.00 | £45.30 |
| 1852 | - | - | £5.50 | £12.50 | £37.90 | £56.30 |
| 1853 | - | - | £3.20 | £6.80 | £22.40 | £30.20 |
| 1853 - 3/2 | - | - | £9.30 | £27.00 | £61.80 | £79.30 |
| 1854 | - | - | £3.40 | £5.90 | £21.80 | £32.50 |
| 1855 | - | - | £3.10 | £5.90 | £21.80 | £29.70 |
| 1856 | - | - | £5.50 | £13.30 | £37.70 | £49.80 |
| 1857 | - | - | £3.30 | £9.10 | £26.10 | £34.50 |
| 1857 - Dots on Shield | - | - | £2.10 | £6.50 | £24.00 | £32.80 |
| 1858 - 8/7 | - | - | £3.30 | £7.50 | £25.30 | £34.10 |
| 1858 - 8/6 | - | - | £3.70 | £9.20 | £28.10 | £37.60 |
| 1858 - Large Date | - | - | £3.00 | £7.30 | £24.90 | £33.70 |
| 1858 - Small Date | - | - | £2.50 | £7.30 | £22.40 | £30.00 |
| 1859 | - | - | £4.10 | £10.70 | £33.00 | £44.20 |
| 1859 - 9/8 | - | - | £6.80 | £16.00 | £47.80 | £63.80 |
| 1860 - Beaded Border | - | - | £1.60 | £5.70 | £21.50 | £29.40 |
| 1860 - Toothed Border | - | - | £2.40 | £7.90 | £36.30 | £50.50 |
| 1860 - Mule | - | - | £560 | £1,120 | £1,640 | £1,900 |
| 1861 | - | - | £5.60 | £12.70 | £43.30 | £58.70 |
| 1861 - Halp | - | - | £225 | £585 | - | - |
| 1861 - 6/8 | - | - | £210 | £613 | - | - |
| 1862 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.10 | £20.40 | £28.00 |
| 1862 - A at lighthouse | - | - | £488 | £935 | £1,500 | £1,780 |
| 1862 - B at lighthouse | - | - | £785 | £1,650 | £3,000 | £3,750 |
| 1862 - C at lighthouse | - | - | £800 | £2,200 | - | - |
| 1863 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.40 | £35.90 | £51.10 |
| 1864 | - | - | £1.60 | £7.30 | £36.00 | £50.30 |
| 1865 | - | - | £2.40 | £11.30 | £52.30 | £72.80 |
| 1865 - 5/3 | - | - | £35.30 | £88.70 | £216 | £280 |
| 1866 | - | - | £2.40 | £9.30 | £40.30 | £55.80 |
| 1867 | - | - | £2.40 | £9.90 | £43.10 | £59.70 |
| 1868 | - | - | £4.00 | £8.80 | £41.70 | £58.20 |
| 1869 | - | - | £21.30 | £71.00 | £194 | £255 |
| 1870 | - | - | £2.40 | £7.50 | £37.60 | £52.60 |
| 1871 | - | - | £33.30 | £72.30 | £228 | £345 |
| 1872 | - | - | £2.00 | £6.20 | £31.60 | £44.30 |
| 1873 | - | - | £2.00 | £8.00 | £37.80 | £52.80 |
| 1874 | - | - | £4.00 | £20.00 | £70.20 | £95.30 |
| 1874 - H | - | - | £2.40 | £5.40 | £28.70 | £44.90 |
| 1874 - Narrow date | - | - | £9.60 | £48.00 | £194 | £267 |
| 1875 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.10 | £31.60 | £44.80 |
| 1875 - H | - | - | £2.40 | £6.50 | £37.10 | £52.40 |
| 1876 - H | - | - | £4.00 | £5.90 | £33.30 | £47.00 |
| 1877 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.70 | £31.80 | £44.90 |
| 1878 | - | - | £4.00 | £16.70 | £61.30 | £83.70 |
| 1878 - Wide date | - | - | £72.00 | £160 | £290 | £355 |
| 1879 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.70 | £27.00 | £37.70 |
| 1880 | - | - | £2.00 | £6.40 | £31.40 | £43.90 |
| 1881 | - | - | £2.00 | £6.40 | £30.00 | £41.90 |
| 1881 - H | - | - | £2.40 | £5.10 | £29.40 | £41.50 |
| 1882 - H | - | - | £2.40 | £5.10 | £29.40 | £41.50 |
| 1883 - Rose | - | - | £11.20 | £26.00 | £51.10 | £65.70 |
| 1883 - Broach | - | - | £2.40 | £6.40 | £31.40 | £43.90 |
| 1884 | - | - | £2.40 | £4.40 | £24.40 | £34.40 |
| 1885 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.60 | £23.80 | £32.90 |
| 1886 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.60 | £29.90 | £32.90 |
| 1887 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.60 | £21.80 | £29.90 |
| 1888 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.60 | £28.80 | £40.40 |
| 1889 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.60 | £28.80 | £40.40 |
| 1889 - 9/8 | - | - | £22.00 | £38.70 | £106 | £140 |
| 1890 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.60 | £20.80 | £28.40 |
| 1891 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.60 | £19.80 | £26.90 |
| 1892 | - | - | £1.60 | £6.00 | £32.00 | £37.00 |
| 1893 | - | - | £2.40 | £5.60 | £26.80 | £37.40 |
| 1894 | - | - | £2.40 | £6.50 | £36.60 | £51.60 |
| 1895 | - | - | £1.60 | £4.40 | £9.60 | £12.20 |
| 1896 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.40 | £5.20 | £6.60 |
| 1897 - Low Sea Level | - | - | £0.80 | £2.40 | £5.20 | £6.60 |
| 1897 - High Sea Level | - | - | £0.80 | £3.60 | £6.80 | £8.40 |
| 1898 | - | - | £0.80 | £3.20 | £6.40 | £8.00 |
| 1899 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.40 | £5.20 | £6.60 |
| 1900 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.40 | £5.20 | £6.60 |
| 1901 | - | - | £0.80 | £2.40 | £4.40 | £4.90 |
| Variety | MS-60 | MS-62 | MS-63 | MS-64 | MS-65 | MS-66 | MS-67 |
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| 1838 | £62.00 | £165 | £187 | £208 | £213 | - | - |
| 1839 - ↑↓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1839 - ↑↑ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1841 | £52.70 | £122 | £137 | £151 | £217 | - | - |
| 1841 - Silver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1843 | £189 | £240 | £274 | - | - | - | - |
| 1844 | £131 | £215 | £298 | - | - | - | - |
| 1845 | £1,600 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1846 | £99.30 | £182 | £229 | £293 | - | - | - |
| 1847 | £99.30 | £182 | £265 | - | - | - | - |
| 1848 | £140 | £232 | £363 | - | - | - | - |
| 1848 - 8/7 | £108 | £176 | £207 | £237 | - | - | - |
| 1851 | £60.70 | £128 | £131 | £135 | - | - | - |
| 1851 - Dots on Shield | £57.50 | £160 | £212 | - | - | - | - |
| 1852 | £63.30 | £123 | £139 | £357 | £576 | - | - |
| 1853 | £38.00 | £68.80 | £92.10 | £115 | £238 | £242 | - |
| 1853 - 3/2 | £96.70 | £185 | £273 | - | - | - | - |
| 1854 | £37.70 | £77.00 | £111 | £140 | £180 | £285 | - |
| 1855 | £37.70 | £85.80 | £120 | £177 | £195 | £212 | - |
| 1856 | £62.00 | £128 | £129 | £129 | £273 | - | - |
| 1857 | £43.00 | £80.10 | £107 | £135 | - | - | - |
| 1857 - Dots on Shield | £41.50 | £97.50 | £131 | - | - | - | - |
| 1858 - 8/7 | £43.00 | £79.00 | £93.00 | £107 | - | - | - |
| 1858 - 8/6 | £47.00 | £93.60 | £147 | £171 | £184 | - | - |
| 1858 - Large Date | £42.50 | £81.00 | £120 | £136 | - | - | - |
| 1858 - Small Date | £37.50 | £74.80 | £121 | £183 | £201 | - | - |
| 1859 | £55.30 | £97.90 | £107 | £157 | £206 | - | - |
| 1859 - 9/8 | £79.70 | £171 | £193 | £215 | - | - | - |
| 1860 - Beaded Border | £37.30 | £75.60 | £87.20 | £117 | £148 | - | - |
| 1860 - Toothed Border | £64.70 | £119 | £132 | - | - | - | - |
| 1860 - Mule | £2,160 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1861 | £74.00 | £109 | £110 | £191 | £220 | £240 | - |
| 1861 - Halp | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1861 - 6/8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1862 | £35.70 | £82.80 | £83.60 | £84.40 | £123 | £277 | £428 |
| 1862 - A at lighthouse | £2,060 | £2,660 | £3,200 | - | - | - | - |
| 1862 - B at lighthouse | £4,500 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1862 - C at lighthouse | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1863 | £66.30 | £108 | £115 | £160 | £206 | - | - |
| 1864 | £64.70 | £128 | £144 | £157 | £170 | - | - |
| 1865 | £93.30 | £242 | £390 | £732 | - | - | - |
| 1865 - 5/3 | £343 | £614 | £893 | - | - | - | - |
| 1866 | £71.30 | £149 | £226 | - | - | - | - |
| 1867 | £76.30 | £178 | £323 | - | - | - | - |
| 1868 | £74.70 | £130 | £132 | - | - | - | - |
| 1869 | £317 | £752 | £894 | £1,040 | £1,120 | - | - |
| 1870 | £67.70 | £138 | £248 | - | - | - | - |
| 1871 | £383 | £639 | £797 | £956 | £997 | - | - |
| 1872 | £57.00 | £110 | £192 | - | - | - | - |
| 1873 | £67.70 | £154 | £240 | - | - | - | - |
| 1874 | £120 | £259 | £397 | - | - | - | - |
| 1874 - H | £58.00 | £104 | £113 | £130 | £147 | - | - |
| 1874 - Narrow date | £340 | £550 | £760 | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 | £58.00 | £126 | £193 | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 - H | £67.70 | £145 | £192 | - | - | - | - |
| 1876 - H | £60.70 | £135 | £165 | £255 | - | - | - |
| 1877 | £58.00 | £103 | £116 | £156 | £197 | - | - |
| 1878 | £106 | £251 | £395 | - | - | - | - |
| 1878 - Wide date | £420 | £670 | £920 | - | - | - | - |
| 1879 | £48.30 | £95.50 | £111 | - | - | - | - |
| 1880 | £56.30 | £115 | £166 | - | - | - | - |
| 1881 | £53.70 | £121 | £122 | £122 | £230 | - | - |
| 1881 - H | £53.70 | £124 | £124 | £125 | - | - | - |
| 1882 - H | £53.70 | £126 | £143 | £161 | - | - | - |
| 1883 - Rose | £80.30 | £152 | £224 | £303 | - | - | - |
| 1883 - Broach | £56.30 | £130 | £204 | - | - | - | - |
| 1884 | £44.30 | £82.80 | £92.90 | - | - | - | - |
| 1885 | £43.00 | £98.30 | £105 | £113 | - | - | - |
| 1886 | £43.00 | £81.10 | £91.50 | - | - | - | - |
| 1887 | £40.30 | £94.30 | £121 | £176 | - | - | - |
| 1888 | £49.70 | £88.40 | £98.50 | £105 | £111 | - | - |
| 1889 | £49.70 | £109 | £137 | £142 | - | - | - |
| 1889 - 9/8 | £174 | £282 | £341 | £400 | - | - | - |
| 1890 | £37.30 | £74.30 | £97.90 | £111 | £166 | £217 | - |
| 1891 | £36.00 | £70.50 | £81.70 | £85.00 | £88.40 | - | - |
| 1892 | £52.00 | £109 | £120 | £130 | - | - | - |
| 1893 | £45.30 | £74.80 | £79.60 | £136 | £192 | - | - |
| 1894 | £66.70 | £124 | £143 | - | - | - | - |
| 1895 | £13.90 | £38.60 | £54.30 | £66.60 | £116 | - | - |
| 1896 | £8.70 | £31.20 | £38.70 | £46.30 | - | - | - |
| 1897 - Low Sea Level | £8.70 | £31.20 | £38.10 | £45.00 | £156 | - | - |
| 1897 - High Sea Level | £10.00 | £32.50 | £54.30 | £56.10 | £111 | - | - |
| 1898 | £9.70 | £33.70 | £54.20 | £95.80 | £390 | - | - |
| 1899 | £8.70 | £39.80 | £53.70 | £76.10 | £98.50 | - | - |
| 1900 | £7.00 | £29.40 | £38.60 | £70.40 | £81.70 | - | - |
| 1901 | £5.30 | £28.10 | £51.70 | £53.90 | £105 | - | - |
| Variety | PR-60 | PR-62 | PR-63 | PR-64 | PR-65 | PR-66 | PR-67 |
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| 1838 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1839 - ↑↓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1839 - ↑↑ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1841 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1841 - Silver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1843 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1844 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1845 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1846 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1847 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1848 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1848 - 8/7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1851 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1851 - Dots on Shield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1852 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1853 | - | - | - | £1,360 | - | - | - |
| 1853 - 3/2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1854 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1855 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1856 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1857 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1857 - Dots on Shield | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1858 - 8/7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1858 - 8/6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1858 - Large Date | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1858 - Small Date | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1859 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1859 - 9/8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1860 - Beaded Border | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1860 - Toothed Border | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1860 - Mule | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1861 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1861 - Halp | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1861 - 6/8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1862 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1862 - A at lighthouse | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1862 - B at lighthouse | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1862 - C at lighthouse | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1863 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1864 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1865 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1865 - 5/3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1866 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1868 | - | - | - | £577 | - | £1,670 | - |
| 1869 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1870 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1871 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1872 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1873 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1874 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1874 - H | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1874 - Narrow date | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 - H | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1876 - H | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1877 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1878 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1878 - Wide date | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1879 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1880 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1881 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1881 - H | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1882 - H | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1883 - Rose | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1883 - Broach | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1884 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1885 | - | - | - | £821 | - | - | - |
| 1886 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1887 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1888 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1889 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1889 - 9/8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1890 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1891 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1892 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1893 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1894 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1895 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1896 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1897 - Low Sea Level | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1897 - High Sea Level | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1898 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1899 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1900 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1901 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Proof (PR): Planchets of these coins (not intended for circulation) were polished before struck (usually struck twice for higher quality). The field of Proof coins wear a cameo aspect.
