Historical Insight:
1914 marked the outbreak of the First World War. Pennies and half pennies from this year circulated at a time when Britain mobilized millions of men, and the economy shifted towards wartime production. This coin is a small witness to the first months of the Great War.

Collecting Note:
Collectors often see 1914 as the beginning of a wartime sub-series of British bronze coins, valued for their connection to WWI.