The Complete Guide to

British Colonial

Three Halfpence

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The Royal Mint struck for circulation 800,448 pieces [484,248 in 1835] using an unrecorded number of dies with only 19 varieties seen [excluding proofs], consisting of 17 obverse dies paired with 6 reverse dies. On this Volume I are posted varieties JC-10 to JC-19 as follow:

- In GULIELMUS, I above L & E's baselines and US below M's baseline. Large G of D:G:. In BRITANNIAR, first I above R & T's baselines and A's, double struck, second A above I's baseline.
- 34 of date over smaller 34, and below 8's baseline. Double struck bar and baseline of 2 in fraction.
- In GULIELMUS, slanting right U, slanting right I above L & E's baselines and US below M's baseline. Large G of D:G:. In BRITANNIAR, first I above R & T's baselines and slanting right R. With or w/o die crack[s] from dentil to King's truncation at 6 o'clock, from dentil to upper left serif of U of GULIELMUS and from dentil though D of D:G: to field.
- 34 of date over smaller 34, and below 8's baseline. Double struck bar and baseline of 2 in fraction.
Δ Plate coin's pedigree from the Exeter College collection of British coins, auctioned by Heritage Auction Galleries of Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. on April 26th, 2010.
- In GULIELMUS, double struck, slanting right I above L & E's baselines and US below M's baseline. Large G of D:G:. In BRITANNIAR, first I below slanting right R & T's toplines, first N above A & second N's baselines and double struck last R. Double struck D of F:D:. With or w/o die crack[s] from dentil to first I of IIII, from dentil to King;s hair at 12 o'clock at from dentil to King's truncation at 6 o'clock.
- 34 of date over smaller 34, and below 8's baseline. Double struck bar and baseline of 2 in fraction.
- In GULIELMUS, I above L & E's baselines and US below M's baseline. Large G of D:G:. In BRITANNIAR, first I above R & T's baselines and A's, double struck. With or w/o die crack from dentil to F of F:D:.
- 34 of date over smaller 34, and below 8's baseline. Double struck bar and baseline of 2 in fraction.
- In GULIELMUS, I above L & E's baselines and US below M's baseline. Double struck D and large G of D:G:. In BRITANNIAR, first I above R & T's baselines and A's, double struck.With or w/o die crack[s] from dentil though A of BRITANNIAR to King's forehead and from dentil though L of GUILELMUS to King's truncation.
- 34 of date over smaller 34, and below 8's baseline. Double struck bar and baseline of 2 in fraction.
- In GULIELMUS, I above L & E's baselines and US below M's baseline. Large G of D:G:. In BRITANNIAR, first I above R & T's baselines and second N, double struck, below first N's baseline.
  With or w/o die crack from dentil to King's truncation at 5 o'clock and from dentil through S of GULIELMUS.
- 34 of date over smaller 34, and below 8's baseline. Double struck bar and baseline & neck of 2 in fraction.
- In GULIELMUS, I above L & E's baselines and US below M's baseline. Large G of D:G:. In BRITANNIAR, first I above R & T's baselines and A's, double struck. With or w/o die crack[s] from dentil through filed next to S of GULIELMUS and from dentil through R of REX.
- 34 of date over smaller 34, and below 8's baseline. Double struck bar and baseline of 2 in fraction.
Δ Plate coin's reverse its probably a late die state with huge crack and cud from dentil at 3 o'clock through field, leaves to dentil at 4 o'clock.
- In GULIELMUS, double struck G, slanting right I above L & E's baselines and US below M's baseline. Large G of D:G:. In BRITANNIAR, B above R's baseline, first slanting left I above R & T's baselines, second N below first N & I's baselines, IAR double struck. With or w/o die crack[s] from dentil through field between G & colon of D:G: to King's hair and from dentil through second N of BRITANNIAR to field.
- 34 of date over smaller 34, and below 8's baseline. Double struck bar and baseline of 2 in fraction.
- In GULIELMUS, slanting left I above L & E's baselines and US below M's baseline. Large G of D:G:. In BRITANNIAR, B below R's baseline, first I above R & T's baselines, second N below first N's baseline, second I below A's topline and colon touch R of REX. With or w/o die crack from dentil to F of F:D:.
- 34 of date over smaller 34, and below 8's baseline. In fraction, double struck bar and baseline of 2, larger 1 over smaller 1. With or w/o die crack from crown through larger 1 of denomination to 8 of date.
- In GULIELMUS, I above L & E's baselines and US below M's baseline. Large G of D:G:. In BRITANNIAR, first I above R & T's baselines and A's double struck. Colon touch D of F:D:. With or w/o die crack[s] from dentil through U of GULIELMUS to field from dentil through first N of BRITANNIAR to field.
- 34 of date over smaller 34, and below 8's baseline. Double struck bar and baseline of 2 in fraction.

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