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BRITISH COINS George V, Proof (?) Halfpenny, 1911 (SC 5). Toned, with some original brilliance at margins and elsewhere, practically as struck for wear, excellent surfaces and fine detail particularly sharp (£220-250)

The consignor, a very experienced numismatist in the field of modern British coins, considers this coin to be a proof. The cataloguer is reluctant to accept this view, especially as proof Halfpennies are not recorded for the year and the fields, although almost flawless, do not show the brilliance one would expect of a proof striking. For these reasons it is perhaps wisest to consider the coin an early striking. Nonetheless the suggestion that the coin should be classified as a proof cann