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1775 (Or 76?) Georgivs III Copper

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Hello.

Picked out this Georgivs III copper from a NY flea mkt. bowl of misc. 19th century European coins.

27 mm
7 grams

- P-01 or F-02?
- half penny or farthing?
- 1775 or 1776?
- counterfeit of a counterfeit?

Curious . . .


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 Posted 05/14/2020  11:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Fury to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Which flea market was it? Was it by Watertown?
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I would think it's a contemporary counterfeit of this coin

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces5335.html
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Gincoin43 - Yep. Agreed. Edge looks too thin and precise. Probably planted in the bowl to instill false hope of a Machin's Mills. :-(

FuryCoins - It was several years ago at a summertime open-air in the Catskills, somewhere near Phoenicia, if I remember.
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Probably planted in the bowl to instill false hope of a Machin's Mills.


The weight is what tells me it's counterfeit. A contemporary counterfeit isn't really a bad thing, though I suppose there is a chance it is a modern counterfeit of a contemporary counterfeit. Have you compared it to any of the known contemporary counterfeits?
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