Great Britain 1799 Georgius III Date Error With Pictures

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Dimitrip New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 02/22/2021 10:30 pm Greetings to all. I recently got this coin and quickly realized the dating was wrong. Upon googling it, it appears to be a 1799 coin, that has the wrong date of 1899 on it. It is heavily worn and beat up. I can't seem to find any other coins with this particular error. Do you guys think this is anything valuable? Pictures coming Edited by Dimitrip 02/22/2021 10:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff

norantyki Valued Member 404 Posts	Posted 02/23/2021 01:50 am I still see 1799, as it should be. What you are seeing is likely the environmental damage, combined with what might be a circulation hit that makes the date look a bit different in hand. Not an error, but rather PMD. Edited by norantyki 02/23/2021 01:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
NumisRob Bedrock of the Community United Kingdom 17949 Posts	Posted 02/23/2021 03:11 am to the Forum, dimitrip! with norantyki - just wear and porosity. Looks like a normal 1799 halfpenny to me. My Trade List: https://goccf.com/t/194596 My Wants List: https://goccf.com/t/191710 Edited by NumisRob 02/23/2021 03:16 am Report this Post to the Staff
Hogarth Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 735 Posts	Posted 02/23/2021 03:33 am Clearly dated 1799. Report this Post to the Staff
Dimitrip New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 02/23/2021 05:55 am Thanks for the replys. What confuses me is that if you look up any other of the same coins from 1799,the 7 is entirely different from what resembles a 7 in the above coin. For example: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Great-Brit...174471064138 Report this Post to the Staff
norantyki Valued Member 404 Posts	Posted 02/23/2021 08:17 am As I previously explained, it has become deformed owing to environmental damage and a circulation hit - copper is a soft metal. This coin is damaged, not unusual, and of little to no value. Edited by norantyki 02/23/2021 08:17 am Report this Post to the Staff
PaddyB Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 945 Posts	Posted 02/23/2021 10:01 am I think the other thing to consider is the fact that an 1899 error would be such an unlikely one that to convince any collector to lay out a lot of money, the error digit would have to be very clear. There is a perfectly reasonable explanation in Post-mint damage and that will be the one that any collector would go to rather than the much more unlikely error explanation. Is it Occam's razor that says you should go with the explanation that requires the least number of unlikely occurrences? Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188770 Posts	Posted 02/23/2021 12:29 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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