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<p>[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 1927754, member: 5682"]This article just perpetuates the image of the unloved halfpenny (worse yet for the farthing, to be sure):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27467675" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27467675" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27467675</a></p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>The halfpenny also had an image problem because it wasn't very aesthetically pleasing as well, according to Hockenhull. </b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p><i><b>"It didn't have the Royal Coat of Arms like the pound coin, an image of Britannia or the ship of the pre-decimal halfpenny. It was a boring looking coin - not one I can't imagine anyone thinking beautiful. It also didn't symbolise a national identity. The halfpenny was always a part of a penny, never its own entity...."</b></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Impractical? Now, of course. But lacking beauty and history (especially the earlier halfpennies)? I don't think so. Here are some friends of mine<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]332032[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]332033[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]332034[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]332035[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I love these early copper halfpennies. They exude history and beauty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fortunately for the collector, they are frequently overlooked and undervalued.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 1927754, member: 5682"]This article just perpetuates the image of the unloved halfpenny (worse yet for the farthing, to be sure): [url]http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27467675[/url] [I][B]The halfpenny also had an image problem because it wasn't very aesthetically pleasing as well, according to Hockenhull. "It didn't have the Royal Coat of Arms like the pound coin, an image of Britannia or the ship of the pre-decimal halfpenny. It was a boring looking coin - not one I can't imagine anyone thinking beautiful. It also didn't symbolise a national identity. The halfpenny was always a part of a penny, never its own entity...."[/B][/I] Impractical? Now, of course. But lacking beauty and history (especially the earlier halfpennies)? I don't think so. Here are some friends of mine:): [ATTACH=full]332032[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]332033[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]332034[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]332035[/ATTACH] I love these early copper halfpennies. They exude history and beauty. Fortunately for the collector, they are frequently overlooked and undervalued. guy[/QUOTE]
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