1902 Great Britain Half Penny - XF Grade / Condition - UK Half Penny 1902 1/2 Penny - Bronze - ha'penny 1902

This listing is for the photographed 1902 Great Britain Half Penny. Great color / detail. Collection worthy coin. The British pre-decimal halfpenny coin, usually simply known as a ha'penny, historically occasionally also as the obol and once abbreviated ‘ob’ (from the Latin ‘obulus’), was a unit of currency that equalled half of a penny or 1/480 of a pound sterling. Originally the halfpenny was minted in copper, but after 1860 it was minted in bronze. In the run-up to decimalisation it ceased to be legal tender from 31 July 1969. The halfpenny featured two different designs on its reverse during its years in circulation. From 1672 until 1936 the image of Britannia appeared on the reverse, and from 1937 onwards the image of the Golden Hind appeared. Like all British coinage, it bore the portrait of the monarch on the obverse. The halfpennies of Queen Victoria's long reign (1837–1901) can be divided into the copper issue of 1838–1860, and the bronze issue of 1860–1901 (which itself is s