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1781 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Newman 41-81B. 121.4 grains.

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1781 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Newman 41-81B. 121.4 grains.
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1781 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Newman 41-81B. 121.4 grains.Fine, some details a bit sharper. Well struck, with the legends and all-important date all bold, the central details fully outlined and with the Britannia figure showing a bit of the finer detail, just not enough for the VF level. Medium brown, the surfaces with a fine roughness and scattered light marks from circulation. A small raised spot on the king’s cheek is noted. While certainly well-used, this variety is one that just does not often come nice – the plate coin for the variety in the counterfeit book was just slightly nicer than this, the Ringo coin in the 1998 C4 sale is similar sharpness but had a rougher reverse, the plate coin in the 1988 Newman article was slightly sharper but quite rough, and the one in this cataloguer’s collection is about equal. Syd Martin’s coin, purchased from this cataloguer was VF detail, but extremely rough. While we are a long way from establishing any sort of Condition Census for the counterfeit series, when the known examples are uniformly lower grade it does suggest that there just aren’t a whole lot of better ones out there!