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Red 18th Century Copper

BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 11,867 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Well, red brown but what do you expect from a coin minted in 1775. Picked this up from a coin show in Birmingham this weekend. I grade MS64RB.



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    bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,605 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful copper, congrats.
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    ashelandasheland Posts: 22,681 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's seriously nice!

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    StorkStork Posts: 5,205 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice!

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    SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,475 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stayed red after learning what was going on over in Massachusetts-Bay in April.
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    brg5658brg5658 Posts: 2,387 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice coin Boosibri!



    I've seen (and own) a few 18th century Conder tokens with RB designation and copious amounts of remaining red. I know member rwyarmch here has a Conder Token designated full RD from the 1790s. I noticed John at CRO does have a full RD (MS65RD PCGS) graded 1774 halfpenny in inventory right now -- probably the only full RD I've ever seen of a George III issue.
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    TookybanditTookybandit Posts: 3,410 ✭✭✭✭
    That's a stunning example, congrats!!!
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,198 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice indeed.



    Is something going on with some of the lettering on the reverse, particularly the B in BRITANNIA?

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    BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 11,867 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good eye LM. This coin came from the collection of Colin Cooke who out together the best set of Farthings on record. In the catalog of this sale this coin was listed as maybe having a B over R in Britannia.



    From the catalog:

    BMC 917. Obverse 1. B over R in BRITANNIA ?. BU Full Lustre, exceptional. Extremely rare in this grade.

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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,198 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool! It sure does look like B over R.

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    TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: lordmarcovan

    Cool! It sure does look like B over R.




    Agreed - nice pick-up!

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    YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,494 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice find, Boosibri.
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    TPRCTPRC Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful! You are making us jealous over here, Boosibri. The world, or at least Great Britain and parts of the Continent, appear to be your oyster. We have to slog through tables of coins in places like Baltimore and Orlando.

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    ajaanajaan Posts: 17,109 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice.

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