Got real excited till I saw the date

[relic lover]

What is this thing? The back says half penny the front is hard to see. Found right after a large cent I thought I was on a roll!

 

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'ship' halfpenny - British

 

[relic lover]

'ship' halfpenny - British

Thanks, maybe it was a war souvenir

 

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The British half-penny

Diameter : 25.0 mm ; Weight : 5.7 grams

The half-penny was equivalent to one 24th of shilling. The half-penny existed from 1672 to 1967, but like the farthing, it is only in 1860 that it adopts the proportions it will keep until 1967. It will be replaced by the new half-penny in 1971.


(found this online but link has pop-ups).