1760 Voce Populi Halfpenny. Nelson-6, Zelinka 5-D, W-13820. Rarity-5. Square Head. VG-10 (PCGS).

104.2 grains. A lovely example of this scarce die variety, its surfaces dark chocolate brown with a patch of glossy ruddy-brown patina at right reverse. Glossy and mostly smooth, with some minor texture to the surface introduced by the cast flan on which it was struck. A minuscule rim bruise is noted at 6 o'clock on the obverse. Almost all Nelson-6s we have seen are quite flatly defined in the centers, as here, and most have about as much detail in the device as seen here, which is to say very little. Although this is graded VG-10, it retains as much detail as many in the VF range, such as the Ford, Norweb, Zelinka (Taylor Sale), and McGrath examples. The nicest piece we have noted in recent memory was the raw EF-45 graded Craige example we sold in 2012.

PCGS# 924114. NGC ID: 2AUC.

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From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex an unrecorded source at the July 1993 ANA Convention.