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A coin from 1776 which circulated in early America
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Contemporary Counterfeit 2R - Thanks Dave W
Write-up from Dave' Making the Grade
Kleeberg 76A-M17. Struck in copper. It is the only variety known with the "magic" (to US coin collectors) 1776 date. A beautiful (by counterfeit 2 reales standards) milk chocolate brown color, and the finest example of this rarity-7 die variety known to me. It is the plate coin in John Lorenzo's update to John Kleeberg's attribution guide to this series. (685).
Write-up from Dave' Making the Grade
Kleeberg 76A-M17. Struck in copper. It is the only variety known with the "magic" (to US coin collectors) 1776 date. A beautiful (by counterfeit 2 reales standards) milk chocolate brown color, and the finest example of this rarity-7 die variety known to me. It is the plate coin in John Lorenzo's update to John Kleeberg's attribution guide to this series. (685).
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Here is another coin minted in 1776 that is believed to have circulated in the 1780's time frame.
The Russian empire began to colonize California and Alaska and used these big Catherine the Great 5 Kopeks coppers as currency. Interesting time in our history here in early America.
These are huge pieces measuring 43-44mmin diameter and about 4 mm thick.
As a side note I love the character and individuality of these early pieces.
That is extremely cool.
Do you think that the coin was designed so that it looked worn when it dropped from the press in order to enhance its acceptance as genuine?
Re Dave W having cool stuff: I definitely agree with that!
I'm building a high grade type set of Spanish Colonial pieces (see the link in my sig line) and a mirror set of contemporary counterfeits I thought could be super cool.
Latin American Collection