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1796 British Evasion Halfpenny.

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1796 British Evasion Halfpenny.
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This item SOLD at 2024 Jan 20 @ 20:36UTC-6 : CST/MDT
1796 British Evasion Halfpenny.Cobwright G.0990/B.0060, Atkins 314, obverse legend GODSAVE THE KING (no space between GOD and SAVE), reverse legend BE AS YOU SEEM TO BE. 111.8 grains. Extremely Fine, a well-struck example of this variety, with a very unusual reverse that. instead of a seated Britannia figure or a harp. features a large tree with three crowns in the top foliage, a pair of clasped hands at the trunk, and grassy ground below. This reverse design is different enough that some may consider it more of a Conder token than an evasion copper, but this obverse die was paired with half a dozen different reverse dies, all of which are evasion dies, so while a bit of an outlier, it certainly belongs in the evasion series. Medium brown, no real marks of note, and a pretty example of the variety.