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1776 Counterfeit George III Irish Halfpenny, likely Georgius Triumpho Family, Moore 26. 77.8 grains.
Currency:USD
Category:Coins & Paper Money
Start Price:25.00 USD
Estimated At:NA
SOLD
100.00USD+ buyer's premium (20.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 20 @ 20:18UTC-6 : CST/MDT
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1776 Counterfeit George III Irish Halfpenny, likely Georgius Triumpho Family, Moore 26. 77.8 grains.Choice Extremely Fine, much lighter-weight than the above, and a more typical weight for this style. Boldly struck, the legends full though a few letters are a bit weaker than others, and the all-important and magic “1776†date is sharp. The central detail is strong on both sides, the somewhat bug-eyed king with all the detail in his hair and face, and the Irish harp equally sharp. Medium brown, the surfaces hard, a bit glossy, and with minimal marks to them. The 1776 issues were thought to all be counterfeit, as there is no record of that year being struck by the Tower Mint, but when Roger Moore wrote an article giving die varieties for these in the April 2014 issue of The Colonial Newsletter (available for free on the Newman Numismatic Portal), he illustrated a full-weight example with excellent die work that may be regal – though as noted earlier, there was still profit to be made at making a counterfeit that was full weight, as seen in the above example. More research needs to be done on that coin, though this one, at nearly 60 grains lighter than regal is certainly a contemporary counterfeit.
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