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1781 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Newman 45-81C.
Currency:USD
Category:Coins & Paper Money
Start Price:25.00 USD
Estimated At:NA
SOLD
270.00USD+ (54.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 20 @ 20:07UTC-6 : CST/MDT
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1781 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Newman 45-81C.Fine, a solid example of this rare variety, which was unknown to both Newman and Ringo when their 1988 article was written. This variety was discovered by Ringo a few years later, though his was not the first example sold, this coin one was – when it appeared as Lot 578 of the 1995 C4 Convention auction, though there misattributed as a 42-81C. A shade sharper than the Ringo coin, though with a deep scrape across the king’s cheek, but every detail is strong, including the notable diebreak connecting the base of the VS of GEORGIVS to the top of the head, an easy diagnostic for the variety (a die state progression for this obverse is illustrated in the counterfeit book, though there seems to be no early die state without the break known today). Medium brown with some darker hues on the obverse, the surfaces lightly but evenly rough. Along with the obverse scrape, a glass will pick up some old hairlines on the reverse figure. A difficult variety to find in any condition, the only two nicer ones we recall seeing are the plate example for the variety in the counterfeit book, and Syd Martin’s Choice VF which brought $900 earlier this year.
Auction Location:
Box 6400, Austin, Texas, 78762, United States
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Kevin Vinton, P.O. Box 771, Danbury CT 06813-0771 email: kevin@indeetlib.com phone: 203-305-4710
Chris McCawley, P.O. Box 6400, Austin, TX 78762
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