Many (most?) island nations contracted The Franklin Mint to make their proof coins from the early/mid- 1970’s to the mid- 80’s I, believe. IMO, they did a great job. I bought a few silver Caribbean Island Nation proof sets for just under spot when it was around $10-12/oz. I still pull them out once in a while, just to look at them.
Australia is a single island landmass which comprises most of the continent. Wiki says it is referred to as the world's smallest continent or the world's largest island
Just for fun I looked through my "junk" bin (post-1950, non-silver) and found some island coins. Japan: Taiwan Philippines Southeast Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei) Polynesia (Tonga, Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia) Ireland
(continued) Europe and the Mediterranean (Iceland, Malta, Cyprus) Misc (Bermuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Netherland Antilles, Trinidad & Tobago, British Caribbean Territories, Eastern group, Jamaica, Madagascar)
I have to admit, I was a little jealous of the Isle of Man penny collection of @mrbadexample. So I promised myself to keep an eye out for one. Turns out, as usual, I have no idea what I already have. Found this in my unidentified coppers pile. It's a seen some serious dents, but I bought it unpackaged so it must have been cheap. Now to find some better ones! Sorry, the reverse was photographed off-angle. This is one of the hardest coins around to know which way is up!
Why thank you. Yours is a halfpenny. You can tell by the spacing and alignment of the obverse lettering - it comes down much closer to the date. I never know which way to photograph the reverse either! I'm not sure it matters - after all, quocunque ieceris stabit.
You're right, thanks, it is a halfpenny. I wrote it down wrong for some reason. I should have known just from the size and weight. But I found another one anyway. This one is an 1811 penny bank token. It was even packaged and labeled, so I must have just forgotten about it. I paid $12 at the time, whenever that was.