1776 Machin's Mills ? Half Penny What Is It?

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RK55 Pillar of the Community United States 2189 Posts	Posted 12/14/2015 12:39 pm Out of my area of expertise, hoping the experts here can help. I did not think Machin Mills produced any coppers prior to 1787? is this an Atlee or something else? Thanks for any help! RK Report this Post to the Staff

jerseyben Pillar of the Community United States 1211 Posts	Posted 12/14/2015 12:59 pm 1775 counterfeit of British origin. Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 12/14/2015 1:01 pm Does not have the reverse, single line above date, to match the two known Machins of this date. Also the bust does not look like a Machins.....to me. Obviously countereit but no idea from where.... Report this Post to the Staff
fourmack Pillar of the Community New Zealand 1679 Posts	Posted 12/14/2015 1:03 pm Depending on its size it could be an Great Britain Farthing or Half penny of 1775 Cheers Don Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut. "Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more Report this Post to the Staff
jerseyben Pillar of the Community United States 1211 Posts	Posted 12/15/2015 07:48 am Fourmack: The reverse is all wrong for the OP's coin to be a farthing. Regarding Machin's Mills: There are only so many known dies thus making it very simple to compare examples to plates of these dies. The OP's coin does not match any MM dies. Look at the hair band on the obverse. 1775 MM is hard to miss if you look at "NIA."; not a match. Report this Post to the Staff
fourmack Pillar of the Community New Zealand 1679 Posts	Posted 12/16/2015 02:06 am Quote: Fourmack: The reverse is all wrong for the OP's coin to be a farthing. you are correct wasn't looking here is the same date farthing and a contemporary forgery Cheers Don Vickies cents and GB Farthings nut. "Old" is a figure of speech and nothing more Report this Post to the Staff
dohcollector Valued Member Belgium 464 Posts	Posted 12/29/2015 05:07 am i too had a long search for one of these coins a while ago https://goccf.com/t/240675 some of these old counterfits can make you a nice $$ machine mills coins http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/Col...n.intro.html it also can be a anton kesse http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/Col...k.intro.html hope you find it like I did Report this Post to the Staff
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