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EarlyMilledCoins Valued Member United States 147 Posts	Posted 03/25/2013 12:55 pm My dad and I were going through my grandfather's vast coin collection last night which I've heard about but saw for the first time. Majority of it is US but I did find some cool foreign ones, including these! I thought it was really cool to find these because they are two I've been wanting and my grandfather said I could have them to add to my collection. The one on the left is a 1775 George III halfpenny and the one on the right is a 1739 George II halfpenny. Report this Post to the Staff

marz Valued Member United Kingdom 116 Posts	Posted 03/25/2013 9:18 pm The GIII 1/2d looks like it might be an early counterfeit (from the same era - alot of counterfeits were struck of this issue) Report this Post to the Staff
EarlyMilledCoins Valued Member United States 147 Posts	Posted 03/25/2013 10:31 pm I was wondering if that was the case. Report this Post to the Staff
peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 03/26/2013 04:37 am The 1775 is an evasion/counterfeit.The 1739 looks real but poor condition.Maybe £5 for the pair. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 03/26/2013 09:10 am Peter, from what I understand, by definition an evasion copper has some deliberate design change in order to legally claim the coin is not a true counterfeit of the regal issue. Does the design of the 1775 here have such an evasion element? Report this Post to the Staff
peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 03/26/2013 2:02 pm It is clearly different,will be lighter but happily circulated. In Scotland it was suggested that 90% of copper were evasions/counterfeit. Evasion/counterfeit...they are the same. I try to buy genuine 1775 copper...it is quite rare. Report this Post to the Staff
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