1773 Virginia Halfpenny. Newman 24-K, W-1570. Rarity-1. Period After GEORGIVS, 7 Harp Strings. MS-63 RB (PCGS).，Boldly struck and handsome, this Virginia halfpenny exhibits mottled light brown patina and ample bright orange luster. A few swirls of carbon at and near the borders are all that seem to preclude a higher Choice rating. Newman 24-K is the most frequently encountered die marriage of the 1773 Virginia halfpenny and appears to have been well represented in the hoard of more than 5,000 Mint State examples once held by Col. Mendes I. Cohen of Baltimore, Maryland. Although the late Walter Breen offered several different stories for the background of this hoard, Michael J. Hodder (as related in Bowers colonial coin encyclopedia, 2009) believes that Cohen received the hoard from his father Israel I. Cohen upon the latters death in 1801. The Cohens were prominent in Baltimore banking, and it is likely that Israel obtained these coins through his business activities. The Cohen hoard was dispersed over an extended period of time beginning in 1875, and hundreds of examples were still held intact as late as the 1950s. Today, Mint State Virginia halfpence of all varieties and from all sources are widely dispersed, and offerings such as this represent a significant find for high grade type collectors or colonial coin specialists.，PCGS# 241. NGC ID: 2ATK.，，Paper envelope with collector notes included.
