1773 Virginia halfpenny. Newman 4-G, W-1460. No Period. MS-62 BN (PCGS).121.1 grains. Frosty light brown with a good deal of residual mint color around the devices, bright red in some areas and faded to sedate rose in others. Well struck and attractive, a far nicer coin than the assigned grade suggests. The No Period variety is considerably scarcer and is far more likely to be found well circulated.From the Archangel Collection. Earlier, from Stack’s sale of the Donald Groves Collection, November 1974, lot 396.
