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1733 Counterfeit George II British Farthing. 51.6 grains.

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1733 Counterfeit George II British Farthing. 51.6 grains.
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This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 20 @ 20:21UTC-6 : CST/MDT
1733 Counterfeit George II British Farthing. 51.6 grains.Choice Very Fine, reverse closer to full Extremely Fine. A lovely example of this small denomination with the young bust style of George II, here with extremely short ribbon ends, part of a small family that has not yet been studied. Boldly struck, the legends and date full, and nice design detail on the reverse – what you see on the obverse is not as sharp, but is likely all that was actually engraved into the die. The reverse shows very deep clashmarks from this obverse, with the lower part of the obverse bust showing especially strong. Light brown, the surfaces hard and pleasing, and with minimal marks. This was Lot 558 of the 1995 C4 Convention sale, the first lot in a very nice offering of counterfeits, though it was mistakenly called very rare there – it is probably scarce today, though the farthing denomination is certainly seen with far less frequency than the halfpence, and the George II farthings less often than those of George III.