Country or Region: Britain
Ruler: Victoria
Year: 1859
Created from: 1838-1860
Value: 1/2 Penny
Weight: 18.8 grams
Diameter: 28 mm
Composition: Copper
Estimated Modern Value: $3.00 CAD
Obverse:
VICTORIA DEI GRATIA
1859
Translation:
Victoria, By the Grace of God
1859
Reverse:
BRITANNIAR: REG: FID: DEF:
Translation:
Queen of the Britons, Defender of the Faith
Overdate Varieties
In the past, coin dies used by minting facilities to strike coins were expensive pieces of equiptment. As a result, during the 18th and 19th centuries, minting facilities often tried their best to preserve or reuse dies rather than replace them in order to cut down costs and avoid the labour required to fabricate a new die. Dies were often used until they broke and many minting facilities recycled dies from the previous year. Overdate varities are an example of die recycling and occur when a new date is punched or re-engraved over the old date.
There are several overdate varieties for this coin minted in the years 1848, 1853, 1858, and 1859.
1859 UK Halfpenny: Overdate Variety – 9 over remnants of 8
References
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https://bestcoin.com/OverDate-Error-Coins.htm