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I believe it's a colonial penny, but I am not sure. There are no matching pictures in my coin book, and I can't find it online. The first word on the obverse is GEORGIVS. After that I cannot make out anything, it is worn smooth. I can't make out much on the reverse, I can make out an AN next to eachother and an NIA. It's dated 1723. Oh, and btw it is 1 1/16in. in diameter.   Edited by Sap
08/12/2008 8:01 pm
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It's a British copper coin alright, though I can't tell which one without seeing the coin against some recognisable object for scale. And the date seems to read 1723, not 1773? Maybe someone else can help out more.
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I believe that it may well be a Hibernia Penny 1723...
"Colonial American Coin
1723
The copper penny...was known as the "Hibernia Penny". It was originally produced and intended for Ireland (known as Hibernia at the time). A portrait of King George II is featured on the front with a seated woman with a harp on the reverse, along with the date and word HIBERNIA. The coin proved highly unpopular in Ireland, so many of them were sent to the American colonies."
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I've looked at all of the pictures of hibernia coins I can find, but none of them seem to match...
Also, I'm fairly sure of the letters I can make out on the back, and it doesn't look like hibernia. The obverse matches almost perfectly, but I cant find a coin where both sides match.
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08/10/2008 4:31 pm
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No, it isn't a Hibernia penny. It's Great British/English/UK. Except there wasn't an UK in 1723. ;)  Edited by ElleKitty
08/10/2008 4:31 pm
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Thank you! It's odd that my coin book doesn't have that one in there. It lists hibernia's....
I cant believe BRITANNIA didn't come to mind right away when I looked at the back. Hrmph
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08/10/2008 4:35 pm
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Yes, I see now the date is in a different place as the Hibernia (Irish)-- can't read the writing. At least it's the same King George II as you'd find on the Hibernia... Good work Kitty!
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Just one more note; if this coin was minted in 1723, it was the Original Georgius, George I, first of the House of Hannover.
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Right again! You can't trust what you find on some numismatic websites such as the one I quoted... The George on the Hibernia Penny of 1723 and on the English one (shield instead of harp) from 1723 are indeed the same George I who ruled until 1727. Brava, Kitty!
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Just to clarify: at 27 mm, it's a British halfpenny. Britain didn't issue copper pennies until the "cartwheel" series of 1797.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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