½ Penny - Elizabeth II 1st portrait; without 'BRITT:OMN' (1960) — United Kingdom

Overview

A British ½ Penny coin from 1960, part of the Elizabeth II series. This is the first portrait without 'BRITT:OMN'.

Specifications

Country

United Kingdom

Year

1960

Composition

Bronze

Weight

5.67 g

Diameter

25.4 mm

Thickness

1.3 mm

Mint

Royal Mint (Tower Hill) & Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom

Shape

Round

Technique

Milled

References

KM#896, Sp#4158

Issuer

United Kingdom

Design details

Collector insights

• Design heritage: Mary Gillick (obverse), Thomas Humphrey Paget (reverse) is credited as the designer for the Standard circulation coins series. Designer attribution helps distinguish this issue from later restrikes or unofficial copies that reuse only the motif.
• Struck at: Royal Mint (Tower Hill) & Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom . Confirm the mintmark on your example before comparing prices — same-year issues from different mints often trade at very different levels.
• Mintage vs. survival: Reported mintage of 41,340,000 is high, but circulation attrition, currency-reform meltdowns, and low collector-preservation rates mean uncirculated (MS-63+) examples are meaningfully scarcer than the raw figure suggests. Check third-party population reports (PCGS/NGC) for realistic survival in top grades.
• Catalogue reference: Listed as KM#896, Sp#4158. Use this reference code when cross-checking auction archives, dealer inventories, and standard printed catalogues.

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