E-auction 701-765477 - SAINT HELENA 1/2 Penny 1821

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Type : 1/2 Penny

Date: 1821

Quantity minted : -

Metal : copper

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 9,19 g.

Edge : lisse

Coments on the condition:

nombreux coups et rayures

Catalogue references :

KM.19/4

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Armes de la Compagnie britannique des Indes Orientales avec deux lions soutenant un écu surmonté par un heaume ; le tout sur un bandeau inscrit : AUSP: REGIS & SENAT ANGLIÆ.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ST HELENA/ HALF PENNY// 1821.

Reverse description : dans une couronne formée d'une branche d'olivier et d'une branche de laurier.

Commentary

Cette pièce est importante à cause de sa date. Napoléon mourut le 5 mai 1821 sur l'île de Sainte-Hélène. Le droit rappelle que l'île était sous le contrôle de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales. Certains auteurs pensent que cette monnaie est apocryphe, frappée bien après 1821, dans la seconde moitié du XIXe siècle.
This coin is significant because of its date. Napoleon died on May 5, 1821, on the island of Saint Helena. The law states that the island was under the control of the East India Company. Some authors believe this coin is apocryphal, minted well after 1821, in the second half of the 19th century.