CNG 108, Lot: 1216. Estimate $750. Sold for $2012. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

HANOVER. Victoria. 1837-1901. Æ Pattern Decimal Halfpenny - 5 Centimes (27mm, 6.64 g, 12h). London mint; dies by Leonard Charles Wyon. Dated 1857. Laureate head left, with hair loosely bound behind; 1857 in exergue / Helmeted Britannia seated right on rocky outcropping, holding Union shield set on ground and trident; DECIMAL HALFPENNY above, 5 CENTIMES in exergue. Peck 1977; Freeman 682. In NGC encapsulation, 4690728-008, graded PF 64 BN. Very rare.

From the Anthony Halse Collection of British Pattern Coins.