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Edited by TerryT
12/23/2020 01:50 am
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TerryT, it looks like an earthquake hit right in the middle of that strike!
But also: what are the two perfect little circular shapes in Britannia's lap? They struck me initially as plugs, but nothing shows on the obverse.
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TerryT Your coin is known as a Aging George variety (38-73K) and is documented in "Contemporary Counterfeit Halfpenny and Farthing Families". This variety comes paired with 3 different obverse dies as shown below... The dots where used when creating the dies as a mean for centering the device elements... the dots also appear on many of the obverses and reverses dies within this family. Rickie    |
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Fascinating! I learn something new here every day, and I've been collecting various exonumismaniacal subsets of "the British World" for over 40 years.
Thanks to TerryT and sjkrose!
"If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough."
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Edited by daltonista
12/23/2020 5:46 pm
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What is the cause of those "stretch marks"? Some sort of disruption during the striking process?
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blargish
I believe the word is "Isostasy", which is the term used when the metal has flow lines from the legend radially outward. I believe this was discussed in the book "From Crimes to Punshment" by Dr. Philip L. Mossman
Rickie
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Thanks for the ID, sjrose. You nailed it 38-73K !! Love this thread, finally get to see all these coins in one spot. Here's another 1773 1/2p. I think this obverse occurs on other years also.   |
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TerryT
This is a Slanted Sevens Family member which comprised several different dates. (1731, 1733, 1734, 1737, 1773, 1774 and 1775) I can't say that I've seen obverse die match with other dates but it certainly being flush out by other collectors. Happy Holidays to all...
Rickie
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What's wrong with those of us who hold onto these beat-up old things ?   |
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What's wrong with those of us who hold onto these beat-up old things ?
Nothing's wrong with us at all, because WE know we can resell them at any time for a fantastic return on our initial investment! (Ssshhh...it's a secret.)This ebay listing was posted on New Year's Day. Sorry, I have no attribution for it. May 2021 be significantly less suboptimal for us all!Tom
"If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough."
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Edited by daltonista
01/03/2021 11:47 am
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Tom, That would be a Long Neck family member (LN-1A). BTW, halfpennies on farthing planchet do exist but most of the ones I've seen have been cut down manually. (Post Strike Damage) Rickie  |
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TerryT, I think your piece may be a grounder... what your seeing is a die break on the reverse. Here's Mike Ringo specimen of the same variety! Rickie  |
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Edited by TerryT
01/20/2021 01:45 am
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TerryT, That one is the Coin-Y family member... This family was first documented by Peck, as one of the 5 counterfeit halfpence listed within his encyclopedic. This variety is classified as a family mule, which mean the obverse is Romanhead and reverse is Coin-Y. Enjoy...  |
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