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1/2 Farthing - Victoria Copper-nickel Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1868 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | Young draped bust of Queen Victoria facing left, her hair drawn back and gathered in a bun with ringlets framing the face, in the style of the 'young head' portrait. A continuous beaded border surrounds the field. The circumscribed legend reads VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F:D: distributed around the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA D:G: BRIT: REGINA F: D: (Translation: Victoria by the Grace of God Queen of the Britains Defender of the Faith) |
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In 1868 the Royal Mint ran a series of pattern trials in copper-nickel as part of a broader investigation into replacing bronze coinage, which had only been introduced in 1860. The half farthing had already been demonetized for general circulation in 1869, making this pattern a curiosity struck on the eve of the denomination's effective abolition — an experimental material applied to a dying coin.