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Background on an 1827 British Halfpenny?

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The 1827 British Halfpenny is made from copper, weighs 9.337 grams and is 28 mm in diameter.

There were 5,376,000 minted.

They have a left facing King George IV (laureate Head) on the obverse and the seated figure of a helmeted and robed, shield and trident carrying Britannia on the reverse.

The date is in the exergue below Britannia.

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