how much is a 1979 half penny worth

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1. amomipais82
   

   Hi,
   The British
   United Kingdom
   
   The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
   decimal half penny (½p) ( HAYP-nee or , and also written halfpenny or ha'penny) was first issued on 15 February 1971, the day the British currency was decimalised
   Decimal Day
   
   Decimal Day was the day the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland decimalisation their Currency. It is also known as Decimalisation Day and D-Day....
   . In practice it had been available from banks in bags for some weeks previously.
   
   The decimal half penny, worth 1.2 pre-decimal pence, enabled the prices of some low-value items to be more accurately translated to the new decimal currency. It also allowed the pre-decimal sixpence
   British sixpence coin
   
   The sixpence, known colloquially as the tanner or half-shilling, was a United Kingdom pre-decimal coin worth six penny, 1/40th of a pound sterling....
   to remain in circulation (with a value of 2½ new pence) alongside the new decimal coinage. In the same vein, a decimal quarter-penny coin (to be struck in aluminium
   Aluminium
   
   Aluminium or aluminum is a silvery white and ductile member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol Al; its atomic number is 13....
   ) was also proposed (which would have allowed the pre-decimal threepence to continue to circulate with a value of 1.25 new pence), but ended up never being produced.
   
   The half penny coin was minted in bronze. It was the smallest decimal coin by both size and value, weighing 1.78 grams and measuring 17.14 millimetres in diameter. It was nicknamed the "tiddler" on account of its size, and soon became Britain's least loved coin. The Treasury
   HM Treasury
   
   HM Treasury, in full Her Majesty's Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British government's public finance policy and economic policy....
   had continued to argue that the half penny was important in the fight against inflation (preventing prices from being rounded up), but by the early 1980s it was practically worthless . The 1984 half penny was issued only in mint and proof sets by the Royal Mint
   Royal Mint
   
   The Royal Mint of the United Kingdom is the body permitted to manufacture, or mint , Coins of the pound sterling in the United Kingdom. The Mint originated over 1,100 years ago, but has functioned since 1975 as a Trading Fund, operating in much the same way as a government-owned company....
   , and the coin was demonetised and withdrawn from circulation in December 1984.
   
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   The reverse of the coin, designed by Christopher Ironside
   Christopher Ironside
   
   Christopher Ironside was an English painter and coin designer, particularly known for the Obverse and reverse sides of the new British coins issued on Decimal Day in 1971....
   , was simply a crown, with the fraction "½" below the crown, and either NEW PENNY (1971–1981) or HALF PENNY (1982–1984) above the crown.
   
   During the existence of the coin, only one obverse was used – the head of Queen Elizabeth II
   Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
   
   Elizabeth II is the queen regnant of sixteen independent states known as the Commonwealth realms: Monarchy of the United Kingdom, Monarchy of Canada, Monarchy of Australia, Monarchy of New Zealand, Monarchy of Jamaica, Monarchy of Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Monarchy of the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Sain...
   by Arnold Machin
   Arnold Machin
   
   Arnold Machin O.B.E, R.A. was a United Kingdom artist, sculptor, coin and stamp designer.Machin was born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1911. He started work at the age of 14 as an apprentice china painter at the Mintons Ltd Pottery, and during the Great Depression he learnt to sculpt at the Art School in Stoke-on-Trent....
   , with the inscription

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2. Guest4959
   

   i have a1961 regina elizabeth coin half crown

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3. Guest7354
   

   hi

   
   

    

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