GREAT BRITAIN, VICTORIA, JOSEPH MOORE'S MODEL PENNY, in white metal and bronze. Attractively toned, Good Very Fine or perhaps a little better.

GREAT BRITAIN, VICTORIA, JOSEPH MOORE'S MODEL PENNY, in white metal and bronze. Attractively toned, Good Very Fine or perhaps a little better.

Issued by the Birmingham medalist Joseph Moore (1817-1892), during a period in which the British government was considering replacing the heavy copper coinage then in use with a lighter alternative