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1/2 Penny - Edward VII Arms with vertical shading
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1904-1910 |
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| Value | 1/2 Penny (1⁄480) |
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| Reverse description | The Jamaican coat of arms occupies the centre of the field, featuring a quartered shield adorned with five pineapples on vertical hatching — the heraldic convention used to represent a specific tincture — surmounted by a crocodile passant atop a royal helm. Two Taino figures flank the shield as supporters, with a ribbon scroll bearing the motto INDUS UTERQUE SERVIET UNI below. The legend JAMAICA arcs along the upper periphery, while HALF PENNY is inscribed vertically on either side of the arms, all separated from the rim by a continuous beaded border. |
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| Mint | Royal Mint (Tower Hill, London) |
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| Additional information |
Edward VII's South African halfpenny series ran from 1904 through his death in May 1910, struck for the Transvaal and later the unified Union of South Africa following the 1910 Act of Union. The vertical shading on the arms distinguishes this type from the horizontal-shaded variant — a heraldic engraving convention rather than a design revision, but one that creates a cleanly separable collecting category.