1773 Virginia Halfpenny. Newman 5-Z, W-1600. Rarity-4. No Period After GEORGIVS, 8 Harp Strings. AU-58 (PCGS).Glossy chocolate-brown surfaces with reddish-tan undertones and mint frost remaining in the fields and protected areas. Exceptional quality, the surfaces hard and smooth showing no consequential marks, spots, or other imperfections. Interesting late die state with many die chips on the obverse fields and portrait and swelling on the reverse under GI and right of the date. Well struck despite the deteriorating state of the dies and overall an excellent specimen.PCGS# 913242.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Richard Picker, September 1960; Heritages sale of the W. Philip Keller Collection, October 2010, lot 3136.
