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Undated British Evasion Halfpenny. Cobwright A.0020/B.0920, Atkins 2, obverse legend ALFRED, reverse legend BRITON’S GLORY, the last word where the date would normally be. 102.4 grains. Very Fine, well struck with all the design detail and legends there. Medium brown, faintly rough, but with no major marks or damage. The British evasion series, sometimes called Bungtowns in the US, is a fascinating adjunct to the counterfeit coppers of the 18th century – made at the same time, by some of the same people, and occasionally with dies crossing between the two series. The evasions were explored in great detail by this writer in The Journal of Early American Numismatics last year, and interested collectors are urged to obtain a copy of that for much background information. While Neil’s collection of evasions is not large, and contains no significant rarities, we have elected to list lots individually so collectors can appreciate the diversity of this large series, as well as add inexpensive examples to their own collections. These are listed by both Cobwright and Atkins numbers, books done a century apart, and neither anywhere near complete, but until a new reference book is published, this is all we’ve got. Both references list the pieces alphabetically by obverse legend – Atkins numbered them, which made it impossible to integrate new varieties, whereas Cobwright listed each obverse and reverse die individually, and the attribution is made up of those two numbers, the letter starting each die number being the first letter of the legend on that side.
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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
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