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Half-Penny???

MrLeeMrLee Posts: 1,851 ✭✭✭
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Recently found this "Half-Penny". It's says 1967 and I assume it's supposed be from the UK but it looks counterfeit. Why would someone conterfeit this?

If that's Queen Elizabeth, she looks pretty ragged.

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  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,837 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Probably toy money.

  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,427 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yep, it's play money. As for the appearance, well, it's just like those play money US pennies you might buy for $3 for a bag of 100 from the dollar store, that don't really look a lot like Abe.

    The genuine British halfpenny of 1967 did have a ship on one side and the queen on the other - though neither were this crudely rendered. Compare: https://en.numista.com/5824

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,709 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Plastic or metal?


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  • MrLeeMrLee Posts: 1,851 ✭✭✭

    It's metal but light

  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 44,096 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 18, 2025 11:29PM

    While it might indeed be play money as they suggested, I think it is more likely a jewelry charm from the era when charm bracelets were popular. That gap in the rim shows were a loop would have been mounted to attach it, for jewelry purposes. I've seen some funky coin imitations in charms, but that one is especially crude.

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