Talk:British half penny coin

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this seems to be a 'bad' title for the article... wouldn't 'British decimal half penny' be a better one? Nobody's going to try to link to 'british coin half penny' especially with the caps. KJ 10:44 Mar 23, 2003 (UTC)

1 Ambiguous name
2 Quarter penny is 1.25 of a penny?
3 Obverse Design Date
4 Pence sterling link?
5 "halfpenny"
6 Unspecified source for Image:76-926reverse.jpg
7 Fair use rationale for Image:76-926reverse.jpg
8 Unspecified source for Image:76-926obverse.jpg
9 Fair use rationale for Image:76-926obverse.jpg
10 Fair use rationale for Image:76-926.jpg

[edit] Ambiguous name

To the layman, this article's name does not refer unambiguously to the decimal halfpenny, so it should be renamed. I've started a discussion at WikiProject Numismatics on the subject - please post your comments there. Hairy Dude 22:32, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quarter penny is 1.25 of a penny?

in the same vein a decimal quarter-penny coin (to be struck in aluminium) was also proposed (which would have allowed the pre-decimal threepence to continue to circulate at a value of 1.25 new pence)

Shouldn't it be at a value of 0.25 new pence? Alun 05:37, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

- No the rate of conversion was 6d to 2.5np, so a thrupenny bit would have had a value of 1.25np. The proposed .25np coin would have allowed change to be given on a 3d/1.25np coin spent on a 1np purchase. Sounds ridculous now but at the time a packet of crisps cost 6d/2.5np.

[edit] Obverse Design Date

The current design date under the obverse design heading reads 1994. Since the coin stopped minting in 1984 I'd say this is wrong. I'm unaware of the actual design date though according to the article only one obverse was used making this date 1971. Would some like to check this and edit it? 194.66.75.39 14:34, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Although the coin didn't enter circulation until 1971, examples dated 1971 were included in commemorative decimal coin sets issued from 1968 onwards (see [1]) along with the new penny and 2p. Also, the Arnold Machin portrait that appears on the obverse was actually designed in 1964. 217.155.20.163 16:34, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pence sterling link?

The infobox has recently been edited to describe this coin as half a (linked) "penny sterling". Apart from the fact that I've never heard the term used in the UK, the "Pence sterling" article describes it as the decimal subdivision of the pound sterling sometimes used for quoting share prices, which clearly means that it is a decimal penny which is being described, not the pre-decimal coin described here. -- Arwel (talk) 07:38, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

There's a Old pence sterling. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 17:13, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "halfpenny"

I suggest the title and article should refer to the "halfpenny" (or, at least, the "half-penny", not the "half penny"). The compound "halfpenny" has been closed up for a very long time: according to the etymology at dictionary.com, it was closed up even in Middle English. Check the OED and then change the article title and contents accordingly. — Paul G 15:32, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:76-926reverse.jpg

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[edit] Unspecified source for Image:76-926obverse.jpg

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