Did you ever notice that 1 single Virginia Halfpenny in 65 RD thats been on the pop report for 2 yea

Singapore

Did ya?

BigE

No, but I bet you can post a picture of it-----------BigE

abuell

Mint state Virginia 1/2d's are extremely common thanks to the Mendes Cohen hoard. The slabber's pop reports mean nothing hereas is the case with all colonials.

Singapore

Common, at least in the context of colonial coinage, to be sure.

And maybe there are many, many other Virginia Halfpennies that are as good (or even better, though I can't imagine what that might look like) and they may appear on the market, or in an auction or may even be slabbed by PCGS tomorrow or the day after.

And maybe these many, many other superb examples eluded Messrs. Garrett and Norweb and Eliasberg and Roper and Picker and Robison and all of the other fantastic old collections of the past.

Or maybe among those 2,600 or so uncirculated coins all piled together in that musty old keg all those years ago, there might have been just one, neatly tucked into a corner, uncorrupted by others, angled in such a way as to retain its original color and brilliance, devoid of even the slightest flaw or mark, that would be considered finer than all the others.

And maybe, just maybe, this one is it. Or maybe not.