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1772 Counterfeit George III Irish Halfpenny, Simian Family, Non-Regal Date, Rock G3-1772-2. 80.8 gra

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1772 Counterfeit George III Irish Halfpenny, Simian Family, Non-Regal Date, Rock G3-1772-2. 80.8 gra
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1772 Counterfeit George III Irish Halfpenny, Simian Family, Non-Regal Date, Rock G3-1772-2. 80.8 grains.Fine, slightly sharper than that grade level, with a few gouges and dents. Otherwise quite sharply struck, with full date, a year in which no regal coins were made, and full legends as well – the reverse with an engraving error that has HIBERNEA instead of the correct HIBERNIA; sometimes called an evasion copper because of that, a minor legend fault on a coin that otherwise looks like a counterfeit are likely just an engraver’s error. Of the three known 1772-dated Irish varieties, two are Simians and one is equally crude but in a completely different style. Lighter brown, the surfaces hard and despite the post-strike damage still an attractive example of a very scarce variety.