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Just picked this up. Don't know if it's a Regal strike or a contemporary counterfeit. I'll know when I get it in hand  For my records, the seller stated he found it on Prince Edward Island, Canada; a stronghold of loyalists to the King. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=ite...200834805024swcoin.ecrater.com
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Looks genuine to me  Nice piece of history with this coin. a lot more interesting getting a coin found in the ground than out of circulation  |
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Thanks trout! Yeah, ground finds are much more intriguing with more history coming alive :)
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Looks like it was in good shape when it went into the ground! But why not post it on the UK forum? Or Canadian, if that's where it was found?
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I think I know...
Possible Colonial?
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Having had several of these imported into the American Colonies by the crown and such finds as the Philadelphia Highway find, I am convinced (some are not) , that these Halfpence did in fact find there way here. Whether or not they circulated as currency is another story.
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Thought the vast majority of the Philadelphia Highway counterfeits were William III? (The site was two blocks from where I live right now; oh to have been there in 1975!) and anyway, does anyone think they were American-made counterfeits?
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Nice coin vermontensium ... all the cool pre 1800 you keep
posting makes me want some too.
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If you are indeed entertaining your coin might be a American counterfeit, the largest source, Machin's Mills, never produced any dated earlier than 1778-- and they were making the dates up! The Notre Dame site notes others with earlier dates, from Mom and Pop counterfeiting outfits, and mention ones dated 1772 and 1774, but seems to notably skip 1773! Do you know of any? Would be neat to find a British counterfeit that made it all the way to Prince Edward Island, though.
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I saw that skip as well. I do think mine is Regal, as I don't think it made it's way that far South...or so it seems.
The earliest Machin's Mills issue is an "1847" if I recall. That would be the design elements of George II, Bust Left.
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