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Why is this 1/2d going for so much?

ajaanajaan Posts: 17,449 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I know one reason, can anyone pick it out? But, I still think it is selling for too much.

1772 Halfpenny

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  • spinaker2000spinaker2000 Posts: 4,329 ✭
    ?????image
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,449 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Incorrect answer spinaker. No prize for you.image

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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Because it's a counterfeit.

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,449 ✭✭✭✭✭
    or anyone else.

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  • newsmannewsman Posts: 2,658 ✭✭✭
    It's a Machin's Mills counterfeit?

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,449 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Machin Mills was my first thought too, but that isn't it, at least not what I noticed.

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,449 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coin closed at US $1,246.00 Now I am really wondering about this coin. It has to be a Machin Mills piece. Anyone know for sure.

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  • coachleonardcoachleonard Posts: 995 ✭
    I wasnt sure why it went so high either-- till i saw the obverse. Definitely is a Machin Mill type, and one , I believe that is pictured in the Red Book
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,400 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am not in a position to check references, but the portrait leads me to believe it is a Colonial issue of some sort and as for the value... no clue

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  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    I don't think it is a Machins.
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