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1789 Counterfeit George II Irish Halfpenny Mule, Non-Regal Date, Rock Unlisted, discovered after pub
Currency:USD
Category:Coins & Paper Money
Start Price:25.00 USD
Estimated At:NA
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1,000.00USD+ buyer's premium (200.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 20 @ 20:13UTC-6 : CST/MDT
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1789 Counterfeit George II Irish Halfpenny Mule, Non-Regal Date, Rock Unlisted, discovered after publication of the article, now called G2-1789-2. 101.2 grains.Very Good to Fine, weakly struck at the right, with the loss of EX on the obverse, and RNIA on the reverse, the latter also due to centering, which has the benefit of giving a full, strong date. This is the same reverse die used on the G2-1789-1 variety, but with a different obverse, easily identified by the ordinals being further from the head, though with other differences on a closer examination. Lighter brown, the surfaces hard, and though there are a number of light marks and scratches, they don’t detract much because of the nice color. An intriguing late-date counterfeit, 7 years after the final regal Irish coinage of this type was struck, yet there are three different 1789-dated dies known, this (used with two George II obverses), a similar one with a George III obverse, and a very crude one used with an equally crude George III obverse, While the date seems a bit shocking to us today, one needs to remember that by this point there were a plethora of Conder tokens in circulation, and that 1789 date would have been commonly-seen on those tokens. While not listed in the original non-regal Irish article, a couple examples have since been found, all in fairly low grade – so this unusual date clearly did not impact their circulation.
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