1724 Wood’s Hibernia halfpenny. Martin 4.51-K.4, W-13690. Rarity-2. MS-63 BN (PCGS).113.0 grains. Frosty and lovely steel brown with abundant faded mint color. Sharp and attractive with a warm glow. A couple of trivial planchet flaws are noted, including on I and S of GEORGIUS on the obverse and near the legs of the seated Hibernia. No post-striking problems are seen. Just a really pleasing example of the final Wood’s Hibernia issue coined for circulation.PCGS Population: 4; 1 finer.From the Archangel Collection. Earlier, from Stack’s sale of the David Spence Collection, March 1975, lot 711.
