Colonial Coin? | George Rules 1791 Evasion Halfpenny

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bmlado New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 01/02/2011 11:13 am Hello all - Looking for help identifying the following coin. It appears the date is 1791. "GEORGE RULES" on the front and "BRITONS RULE" on the reverse. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks Identified - moved to Tokens forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

ayejay1974 Valued Member United States 314 Posts	Posted 01/02/2011 11:51 am This is actually a token from Britain, not a coin. There were literally thousands of different ones made. The George on the one side I believe is George Cordon. You may find a similar token here: http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...PIC_ID=34386 Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 01/02/2011 7:17 pm It is an "evasion" halfpenny, a token deliberately made to look similar to a genuine government-issued halfpenny (which has GEORGIUS III REX on one side and BRITANNIA on the other), but with different lettering so as to be technically not counterfeit. The maker of the token would be hoping that a hasty or illiterate person would accept it as genuine without noticing. The maker would also be hoping that the difference in legend would be enough to get him off the hook if he were arrested for counterfeiting. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
bmlado New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 01/02/2011 11:16 pm Interesting....thanks for the info guys! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16845 Posts	Posted 02/20/2011 04:51 am Sorry for the delayed reply, but I've finally gotten around to looking this one up. It's listed as Atkins #141, as seen on this tokens page. Not one of the scarcer types, if I read it correctly. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
CheetahCats Pillar of the Community United States 731 Posts	Posted 02/26/2011 02:17 am Indeed, it is a British Evasion. More specifically, Cobwright-204, Obverse G.0460, Reverse B.0960. See: A journey through the Monkalokian rain forests in search of the Spiney Fubbaduck, Malachy Greensword, ©1993, pg.9 Edited by CheetahCats 02/26/2011 06:20 am Report this Post to the Staff
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