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1720 Halfpenny With Some Mint Red

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 Posted 09/26/2016  08:24 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add EFLargeCents to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
A farthing must have sat on top of this one for a long time and wasn't moved about. The red circle is the size of a farthing. Not well struck up, but a nice example.

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As you say; looks like another soft strike, but the area of residual lustre ('mint red' over there) is a bonus. I've always liked the George I copper, chunky design, chunky coins. I wonder how many years it would have taken for another coin, sitting on top of this one, to create that circular mint red/toning effect. Fascinating.
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