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1785 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Newman 52-85A. 145.6 grains.

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1785 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Newman 52-85A. 145.6 grains.
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This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 20 @ 20:09UTC-6 : CST/MDT
1785 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Newman 52-85A. 145.6 grains.Very Fine, another Mike Ringo coin, this was Lot 423 in the 1988 C4 sale of his collection, described by Tom Rinaldo as: “VF20…Nicer than the example in last year’s C4 Sale, and 50% heavier. Smooth and reflective light golden brown, the surfaces display widely scattered very fine pitting, of a sort easily ignored without magnification. The very bottom of the date is soft but all of the digits are clear. NIA also soft but full and clear, the other legends strong. Reverse rotated 320 degrees.” A very pretty coin in hand, the light color making up for the miniscule pitting, though we also note a few equally meaningless rim tics. The only nicer one to appear at auction was the Eric Newman coin (which was also the plate coin in his 1988 article); a Choice VF that was bought at that auction by Syd Martin, and sold earlier this year in the sale of Syd’s collection, where it realized $2,400.