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Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 387 Posts	Posted 03/22/2024 3:15 pm Here are two pics, one of my 1807 halfpenny, the other of my 1806 item. You can see why I thought it might be a forgery. I've used a squared background to show the relative sizes. Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 387 Posts	Posted 04/03/2024 03:29 am Thanks for all the info. I've now got hold of a copy of Richard Doty's Soho Mint book. It's keeping me very quiet! I'll see what the assay office and BMAG have in their collections next, and post something when I get back. I'm a bit busy at the moment so it'll be a week or two before I find anything else out... Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 04/04/2024 5:15 pm Sometimes it seems to be the case that you need two budgets to collect: one for your coins and one for your books about coins. 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
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 04/04/2024 5:27 pm Well said! Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 387 Posts	Posted 04/05/2024 11:52 am Too dam' right! Mind you, It's possible to get a bit back with the odd magazine article too. Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 387 Posts	Posted 04/14/2024 08:53 am Well now. Went to Brum Coin Fair this morning in little old England and chatted to an expert, Dr D Symons (see Matthew Boulton And The Art Of Making Money) who pulled in a chap from what used to be Format Coins (alas now closed) and between them they decided that my strange-looking 1806 Soho halfpenny was indeed a contemporary forgery because the quality of the engraving and the strike were both pretty poor. Boulton would never have let a strike of that quality out of the factory (ref the disappearing reverse legend).Taylor, who bought a lot of Boulton's dies in the 19th century, was in the spurious collectibles market so this item would most likely have not passed muster even at his mint. So ladies and gentlemen, there we are, or do it seems. Glad I bought it as a forgery! Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 04/19/2024 1:23 pm Thank you for the update! I'm glad to see that the mystery has been brought to a successful (and indisputable) conclusion. Well done, Spyro Holmes, Dr Watson would no doubt approve of your detective work Contemporary forgeries of Soho halfpennies must be vanishingly scarce; I must admit I've never personally handled one. I'd keep that one well safe as it's quite an unique and interesting coin. 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 Edited by paralyse 04/19/2024 1:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 387 Posts	Posted 05/22/2024 03:22 am Sorry about the long break. Went to West Mids Coin Fair in Brum and took it with me. 2 experts agreed it was a forgery. I just get the feeling the counterfeiter knew an issue was going to come out but didn't know what was happening to the price of copper so put his fake out based on the old size and "shot himself in the foot". Report this Post to the Staff
Spyro Valued Member United Kingdom 387 Posts	Posted 05/22/2024 03:23 am Oops! Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 97083 Posts	Posted 05/23/2024 5:24 pm well welcome back, hope your break was a refreshing one.. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189199 Posts	Posted 05/24/2024 08:29 am Thank you for the update. 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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