Need Help With Another Early Copper

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• laurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭

  March 19, 2010 10:55AM

  Looks like a counterfeit of an English ha'penny.

  One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
  is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato

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• laurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭

  March 19, 2010 11:00AM

  If it's not a counterfeit and it's genuine, then it's a half penny from Great Britain (KM#601), George III, copper, a $12-$15 coin in F, $20-$30 in VF I think.
  
  The lettering seems to be off in relation to the bust and seated figure. Also looks crude.

  One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
  is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato

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• StubbyMcNumbthumbs Posts: 1,259 ✭

  March 19, 2010 11:12AM

  That is a Brithish Farthing, not a halfpenny. Looks legit to me, although I'm not an expert. It's not in the Redbook because it wasn't a colonial issue.
  
  Here's mine: (compare the date area and exergue to that of a halfpenny and you'll see the difference. The image of Britannia is smaller in relation to the whole coin on the farthing).
  

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• JCMhouston Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭

  March 19, 2010 11:14AM

  Yep, that appears to be a contemporary counterfeit of a 1773 Halfpenny.

  JCM-Houston
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• StubbyMcNumbthumbs Posts: 1,259 ✭

  March 19, 2010 11:31AM

  Check the diameter. If it's around 23mm, which I'm guessing it is, then it's a Farthing. If it's around 28mm, then it's a halfpenny that sure looks a lot like a farthing.
  
  

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• laurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭

  March 19, 2010 12:20PM

  Could easily be a farthing-I'm no expert.

  One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics
  is that you end up being governed by inferiors. – Plato

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