George III Halfpenny Striking Error

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t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 04/16/2012 7:40 pm This morning I was browsing through the "unsolds" for a recent online auction and picked up this halfpenny of George III. No one had bid on it and maybe no one even looked at it. Looks like it is from the 1770s. Report this Post to the Staff

svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 04/16/2012 8:58 pm I'd like to say "cool error" but I have some reservations. First of all I don't like the way his name looks. Letters need to be spread more apart and not so irregular, "R" looks totally wrong and it's not supposed to play footsy with "G". Second, the "fingerprint" patch of hair looks wrong. The bottom stand of the shield looks too crude as well. I'd say a forger was testing/playing with his toy. Just my opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/16/2012 11:29 pm Looks like a failed attempt at a contemporary counterfeit to me, interesting nevertheless. Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 04/17/2012 05:18 am Yes I agree, you guys are right. It is very crude and most likely a contemporary counterfeit. I will be looking at counterfeits closely now just to see if I can find a correctly struck one from the same dies to go with it. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/17/2012 05:33 am It is worth conducting a small study of contemporary countrfeits of this period, if you get enough of them. Include them in a collection of tokens of the same period. I collect silver tokens of around the 1811 date. Report this Post to the Staff
t360 Pillar of the Community United States 2703 Posts	Posted 04/18/2012 8:32 pm Quote: It is worth conducting a small study of contemporary countrfeits of this period, if you get enough of them. Include them in a collection of tokens of the same period. Good advice. The contemporary counterfeits look very interesting. I am headed down that path. Report this Post to the Staff
BillSnyder Pillar of the Community 778 Posts	Posted 04/21/2012 12:24 am Agreed! A contemporary conterfeit. These (the normally made ones and the errors) are hotly sought be a small group of collectors. This one will easily bring $200 on ebay, should they see it. Bill Report this Post to the Staff
colonialjohn Pillar of the Community United States 1757 Posts	Posted 05/15/2012 4:24 pm I see it ... $350 <BG>. Report this Post to the Staff
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