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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 695695, member: 4703&quot;]Your new pictures appear to be of a 1911-36 British <b>penny</b>, <i>not</i> a 1911-70 <b>half</b>penny, so of course the sizes don&#039;t match.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps as a non-collector of world coins, you aren&#039;t aware that not all British coins are the same size.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your original picture conclusively demonstrates that the questioned item is a tiny bit smaller than a US quarter.&nbsp; When the size of a halfpenny was reduced in 1911, the new size closely approximated the quarter.&nbsp; When the denomination was abolished, in 1971, there were no more British coppers of that size.</p><p><br /></p><p>Early-mid 20th Century pennies and halfpennies shared not only designs, but metallic composition.&nbsp; The Brits simply made the more valuable coins larger.&nbsp; Gee, I wonder why?</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if my guess is right, but your second set of pictures sure doesn&#039;t cast doubt on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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