Sunbi Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 I suspect this is a contemporary colonial cast counterfeit. Would that suspicion be on the mark? EDIT: How on earth does one post an image here? I have tried over and over and nothing seems to work. Can some one lend me a hand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted August 14, 2007 Report Share Posted August 14, 2007 u can upload ur image using photobucket (its free 2 make an acc or u can use tinypic.com no need 2 make an acc) an copy the link u get (the last link under the pic in a yellow box for photobucket) (and forum link in tinypic.com) an post it here walaaa ur pic is posted ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbi Posted August 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 u can upload ur image using photobucket (its free 2 make an acc or u can use tinypic.com no need 2 make an acc) an copy the link u get (the last link under the pic in a yellow box for photobucket) (and forum link in tinypic.com) an post it here walaaa ur pic is posted ^_^ I tried that but I kept getting a message saying that I wasn't allowed to do such things. Either that or the link would appear but not the images. I will try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbi Posted August 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 It seems to have worked this time. I don't know what I did differently but that's OK. So, does anyone have an opinion on this piece? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 It just looks like a British coin to me although I have no knowledge of British and US coins unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Genuine 1846 1/2d at first glance if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbi Posted August 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Oh well. I was hoping for something more exotic. I am fairly certain this coin circulated in the colonies given its provenance but beyond that I don't know much about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbi Posted August 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 Genuine 1846 1/2d at first glance if you ask me. 1746, yes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
collectin_coins Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 Farthing or 1/2 penny, looks like George II so probably 1746. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 Oops, yes it is 1746. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 From my experience with the counterfeits of this series, most of what I have seen have been dated 1736-1739, then 1754, then 1773-1774. I have a whole handful of them in a bag of several thousand other British coins from ca. 1697-1967. The appearance of the monarch is a bit more cartoonish in appearance, and Britannia on the reverse is more of a stick figure. Curiously and importantly they remain in fairly extensive quantities so they are easy to find. If you look on eBay etc. do a search on counterfeit, or evasion and they will turn up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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