COLONIAL & PRE-FEDERAL, Virginia. CU Halfpenny (25mm, 7.15 g, 6h). Tower (London) mint. Dated 1773. Laureate bust of George III right / Crowned coat-of-arms. Newan, Virginia 7D; Whitman W-1480. Fine, brown surfaces, light scratches on obverse. The only officially authorized American colonial coinage struck in Great Britain.