1964-Y Half Penny

The 1964 Perth

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint half penny, like other Perth

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint issues in the series comes in a salmon pink colour to a bright brick red or a chocolate brown colour and is typically plagued by impaired

Die

A cylindrical punch with an inverted impression of a coin's design used to strike the coin

 

dies and as such is difficult to source in the upper

Mint state

A state of a coin that shows no signs of circulation

 

mint state grades and very difficult to acquire with a

Red

The colour designation of a copper coin that has at least 95% of its original mint brilliance

 

Red designation. Despite this,

Die

A cylindrical punch with an inverted impression of a coin's design used to strike the coin

 

die pressures were better than most other Perth

Mint

a facility that produces coins

 

mint issues resulting in much bolder strikes.

Surface

The open fields of a coin

 

Surfaces however, are not quite as nice as previous years and tend to average pieces at around the MS63-MS64 level.

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