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1771 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Spiked Chin Family, Dies 1-Ab. 112.0 grains.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:NA
1771 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Spiked Chin Family, Dies 1-Ab. 112.0 grains.
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30.00USD+ (6.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 20 @ 19:35UTC-6 : CST/MDT
1771 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Spiked Chin Family, Dies 1-Ab. 112.0 grains.Very Good to Fine, somewhat weakly struck at the left side of the obverse and reverse, resulting in GEORG and RITAN being indistinct, the rest of the legends all there, the date sharp. Good design detail, the unusual obverse bust here in a very late die state, with the diebreak from the chin fully formed. The reverse die is also in a late state, recut from the Aa obverse and looks quite different from it – indeed, collectors long thought there were two different reverses used with this obverse, but photographic overlays showed that the legend and date matched up exactly, which would be impossible to do on two different dies that had letters individually hand punched. The seated figure’s neck, branch, and the shield are quite different in appearance between the original and recut states and, of course, collectors will want both. Medium olive brown, the surfaces hard enough but with a number of marks from circulation and a couple ancient scratches. We offered two obverse brockages from this family earlier in this sale, and a collector could put together an interesting group of this family, just as Neil did. We note that Neil’s envelope originally called this 1777 and noted “UNIQUE?,” neither of which are correct, and this is actually the more available of the two die states.
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