Pre-Long Beach Auction #84

1766 Pitt Halfpenny Token Breen-251 F12. Attractive glossy light chocolate brown. The surfaces are smooth and the only marks are a spot of darker olive brown toning in the field behind the head and a fine scratch in the field before the face. The top of some letters in the legend are off the planchet since the dies were larger than the planchet and the top edge of the date is weak. Listed on page 50 in the "Redbook." Weight 78.2 grains.
Estimated Value $300-UP.