Help. Identify, grade, price

Popcoin

Please help me identify, grade, reasonable price and comments for this:

1805 Irish 1/2 Penny George III

Thanks for any help,
Larry

Steve27

Nice coin, but there appear to be a lot of scratches from an old cleaning.

theboz11

And is that a thumb print above his head, cleaned with a hacksaw

coachleonard

Detail-wise, if it's not XF, it's pretty close! I do see the light scratches and thumb print pointed out earlier, but overall a very attractive coin. I guess you have to decide if you can live with the detractions that accompany it. Don't have access to a Krause at the moment, but I think $25-$35 would still make it a good deal. I do know a lot of these survive today VERY worn.

Popcoin

Thanks everyone for your comments. There are several of these currently on ebay and this one seems to have more detail and less problems than the others.

I may go after it if I can snipe it cheap.

Thanks again,
Larry

wybrit

This coin is VF - no better. Like with young head first obverse Victorian coinage, the relief on these coins is high so you can have a lot of wear and be lulled into thinking it's high grade. Krause has it at $6 F and $12 VF. The Coin Market Values prices are £3 F and £20 VF. I would err on the low side of VF.

MSD61

Great coin for a personal collection. VF at best and the color, unless it's the lighting, tells me it's been cleaned as well as the scratches giving it away. most Ha'pennies are a nice coco brown.