hi, ive just come into possession of 50 uncirculate half new pennys 1971 ( british ), still in their wrapper n not been touched and was wondering if any1 can help me value them, any help would be great, cheers.
1971 was the inaugural year for "new penny" denominations, as Great Britain joined the rest of the modern world and decimalized their monetary system. The bronze 1/2 new penny (KM#914) had a mintage of 1,394,188,000 (yes, that's 1.34-Billion for a nation with a population of about 20% of the U.S.) and typically a "changeover" coin has many, many uncirculated examples set aside. Face value of the roll is about 27.8¢ US. Although Krause places a 20¢ value on an uncirculated example (= $10 per roll), to the right collector (good luck finding him/her) the unopened roll might be worth more than that, but not very much.
