George III Half Penny 1775 Contemparory Counterfeit

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tenbobbit Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 701 Posts	Posted 12/04/2014 12:25 pm I know that these coins are quite common but I had to show it to you because of the hilarious off centre strike. Most of the counterfeits are of a similar standard with known details anomalies and always underweight. This is also underweight but the strike is quite funny to me, I also noticed that they didn't seem to have a 1 for the date and used a J instead. As beer was safer than water back then I am thinking this was made after lunch Report this Post to the Staff

ksammut Pillar of the Community United States 1003 Posts	Posted 12/04/2014 5:09 pm That's cool! Thanks for sharing. I have no idea why they used a J instead of a 1 in the date. Too funny! Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 12/04/2014 5:31 pm The "J" is just how they made a 1. Not an indication of counterfeit. Report this Post to the Staff
wonghinghi Pillar of the Community Hong Kong 1270 Posts	Posted 12/05/2014 12:31 am Quote: The "J" is just how they made a 1. Not an indication of counterfeit. Report this Post to the Staff
tenbobbit Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 701 Posts	Posted 12/05/2014 05:08 am So they actually managed to get that bit right To think that it might actually have circulated looking like this is funny to me, then again from what I have read it was estimated that the majority of these coins in circulation were counterfeit, apparently the poor didn't need coins. I have not been able to match it to the known examples documented yet, although there are several with a similar off centre strike but nothing with so much of GEORGIVS missing. More research later. Report this Post to the Staff
colonialjohn Pillar of the Community United States 1757 Posts	Posted 12/05/2014 08:08 am Common 1775 Young Head Family Type - O/C no extra value - most common year for the CC English halfpence. Non-Simian reverse style - IMO. Report this Post to the Staff
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