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1775 Counterfeit George III British Farthing. 62.0 grains.

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1775 Counterfeit George III British Farthing. 62.0 grains.
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This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 20 @ 20:28UTC-6 : CST/MDT
1775 Counterfeit George III British Farthing. 62.0 grains.Extremely Fine, a boldly struck example, on a planchet of near regal weight. The central details are fairly well executed, the king with excellent detail in his hair and armor. The 7’s in the date have the look of Wedge Topped Seven family pieces, but the legends on either side are engraved by hand, not done with letter punches – done in better style than, say, the Simian family coins, but still a bit sloppy. The B in BRITAN either started life as a lower-case “b” and then had a faint upper loop added, or started off with the faint upper loop which soon filled in or wore away, leaving some specimens reading bRITAN; that upper loop is present here, though faint. Medium brown, the surfaces hard and pleasing to the eye, with minimal marks. An interesting die variety.