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1775 Half Penny Great Britain

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I need help grading this coin. Any info anyone might have is welcome as well as any advice.

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 Posted 07/30/2014  07:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add vince1977 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have some feeling this coin is an contemporary counterfeit one.
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 Posted 07/30/2014  07:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BillSnyder to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Definitely a counterfeit!

May well be of interest to a certain group who collect George III contemporary counterfeits!



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Definitely non Regal (counterfeit). Contemporary? not so sure. I would bet on a more modern copy. Can you upload a weight, diameter and maybe an edge shot?
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What makes it a counterfeit? Just so I can learn, my grandfather had this in his collection until a week ago when he sent me all his world coins. He has been a collector for well over 50 years. I don't have a scale but I can do diameter and the side shot.
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What makes it a counterfeit?


The crude, almost cartoonish depiction of Britannia on the reverse was what struck me first.....
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Looks like a crudely made modern counterfeit.
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I think this is a contemporary forgery - the 1775 date was apparently the most widely counterfeited. For comparison, I am pretty sure this is a genuine 1773 halfpenny - the portrait of George III and figure of Britannia are in much higher relief. Sorry about the green blob on the obverse!

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Sorry about the green blob on the obverse!



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That is real but......
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On first sight I thought it just had been tooled out of all recognition
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