Lot 786. British Copper Coins from the Collection Formed by the Late George Bates (Part II) William III (1694-1702), Halfpenny, 1697, reading brita[n]nia (BMC 650, and footnote 1; S 3554). Blank filing on drapery (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise good very fine, reverse with a trace of original colour £300-£400 --- In all probability the specimen once owned by L.V.W. Wright and referred to in BMC, p.171, footnote 1