colonial confusion

Gription

i'm thinking 1786 mailed bust, facing left. or is it 1787? what is this? i don't know anything about these.. it was in the batch of foreign coins i bought yesterday

Gription

boomp

ColonialCoinUnion

If I had to guess, I'd say it's a George II English Halfpenny.

Gription

check out page 58/59 of the redbook ('09) - it's undoubtedly one of those, i just don't have enough experience to nail it down without any real details to work with

ColonialCoinUnion

I'm pretty familiar with the Redbook, and I think it's an English Halfpenny like the one on this site.

ElKevvo

The English coins are very similar to the Connecticut coppers...without being able to read the inscriptions on the obverse/reverse it is very difficult (for me at least!) to tell them apart. The obverse of the Connecticut will have Auctori Connec while the English coin will have Georgius II ...

Neat coin!

K

Edited 'cause I typed the wrong info...

ColonialCoinUnion

The CT coppers were designed to look like the George II Halfpennies, so it is not surprising that they look alike.

But the obv head shape and rev seated figure head shape on Gription's coin don't match any known Connecticut die pair. Obviously the legends would be informative as well, but they aren't visible at all (at least in these photos).

Pistareen

It's a George II English halfpenny, first or "young" bust. These were struck 1729 to 1739.

Gription

ah crap

well at least i learned something.. grazi

RYK

<< <i>ah crap

well at least i learned something.. grazi >>



Yes, two recognized experts in the field have weighed in. We all learned something.

Gription

i'm assuming a colonial would be better... how much difference in value are we talking? what's my coin worth ya think.. a buck?