Voce Populi Halfpenny
1760 Voce Populi Halfpenny. Nelson-14, Zelinka 16-O. P Below Bust. AU-55 (PCGS).
122.8 grains. One of the rarest varieties in the Voce Populi series, Nelson-14 is also among the most distinctive, with a catlike, mustachioed portrait and a reverse figure of great crudity. The E Pluribus Unum specimen is high grade for the issue, light brown with typically granular planchet texture, as made and as almost always seen. The obverse is ideally centered, though the rim is somewhat crude above OP of POPULI. The last date digit is somewhat off the flan, but the legend is complete. A bit of border beading is present atop the reverse and at the base of the obverse. Good looking and free of significant issues, this will be a nice addition to an advanced Voce Populi variety set.
PCGS# 268.
From the E Pluribus Unum Collection
Estimate: $700