Unique Varity Or Maybe A Imitation Half Penny? Who Knows?

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vince1977 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 847 Posts	Posted 06/19/2022 06:46 am Hi All, I have to be honest. Just yesterday I was thinking about selling or exchange this 1/2 half penny for another coin I collect. However taking a closer look at it. I found something interesting. Both the branch that the seated person holds is different and smaller as the straps right to the hairlines. At least thats how they appear to me. Comparing I did not find a same in sold archives with the smaller branch as the straps that are curled different. However I found a stack bowers contemporary forgery but the head does not look a official one like I have. Who can tell me more about this one? Weight: 9,03 grams Diameter : 28mm Report this Post to the Staff

dunkleosteus430 Valued Member United States 68 Posts	Posted 06/19/2022 12:09 pm Maybe Die Deterioration could be to blame. I hardly know anything about colonials, though. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 06/19/2022 1:56 pm 139 grains is light for a GII 1/2d (1753 should be ~152gn.) Bust is wrong (truncated short), date is crude and too thick, branch is wrong Branch hand should point just right of the right side of the I, instead it points just right of the center of the T Non regal in my opinion Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
vince1977 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 847 Posts	Posted 06/20/2022 1:45 pm Thanks! Still the condition is overall way to good for a unofficial piece is it not? Mostly the unofficial ones were especially worn to be un-noticed . The portret is still quite good. Report this Post to the Staff
Princetane Pillar of the Community 4628 Posts	Posted 06/20/2022 11:35 pm I agree, I think this coin is likely genuine. The copper coins of this period were struck to a much lower standard than the silver and gold ones. These coins did not have collars and had a mostly ovoid shape. I have in the past thought they were Roman 'as' and radiates before looking at them and seeing a bewigged ruler with English lettering rather than Latin. That is about all I can say, my knowledge and ownership of any English low copper/bronze before 1797 is very limited and its only the post 1860 Bronze I have much creedence over. Ironically I also have a 1753 Halfpenny and mine is much darker and worn than this one. Report this Post to the Staff
Hogarth Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 735 Posts	Posted 06/23/2022 1:27 pm This is a standard legitimate first bust halfpenny of George II. To begin with, your halfpenny is not 1753 but 1733, as clearly shown in the exergue. If it were 1753 the obverse would feature the second, older, bust which came into use during 1740. It being light in weight is also not unusual as the weight of blanks used to strike the coins varied considerably at this time. All other details you highlight, laurel branch, Britannia, hair ties, can also differ slightly from one die to another and also are perfectly normal. It wouldn't hurt to familiarise yourself with coins of the series: https://www.colincooke.com/collecti...n_part3.html https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_..._sacat=11116 Edited by Hogarth 06/23/2022 7:05 pm Report this Post to the Staff
vince1977 Pillar of the Community Netherlands 847 Posts	Posted 06/24/2022 10:08 am Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. Interesting website Report this Post to the Staff
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