Scrappy
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It’s good to be back!
After a hike-turned-hunt with my boy yesterday, I cleaned the one and only copper coin recovered. Turned out to be a 1776 KGiii.
Now for those of you out there scratching their heads...yes, there are no regal Half pennies made that year or for quite a few years surrounding that date. I knew it was a counterfeit right away but couldn’t find a match with any Machin Mills varieties.
So I reached out to the experts. With the help of Iron Patch and a few others on FB group “Colonial and Early US coins and Artifacts” the variety was found.
76003CVS1776 GEO-III8.1gmVF, CHOICE, DARK BRN. CLEAR 6. VERY NICE REVERSE. 4 TINY DIGSOBV NEAR MOUTH. GEORGIVS TRIUMPHO FAMILY. $520
(Thanks for the ID, IP)
The Georgius Triumpho family is a group of coins I’m still reading about. There may be a loose tie with this 1776 counterfeit, Washington Tokens, and Nova Constellatio’s but there doesn’t appear to be any conclusive evidence.
https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/WASHTriumpho.intro.html
Again I’m still early in on my reading, but I believe this Counterfeit was likely manufactured in Birmingham or Greenwich England, perhaps by the same mint that manufactured Nova Constellatios.
Rare? Sure is!
Try to Google 1776 King George half penny and a very short list of ANY variety will appear. I’m over the moon about this coin - certainly my rarest and best counterfeit and a killer way to start 2018. And it all started by finding a scattering of foundation rocks while hiking with my 4- year old. Good thing I bring a detector everywhere in my truck!
Here’s the rest of the finds.
Enjoy and good hunts,
Steve
After a hike-turned-hunt with my boy yesterday, I cleaned the one and only copper coin recovered. Turned out to be a 1776 KGiii.
Now for those of you out there scratching their heads...yes, there are no regal Half pennies made that year or for quite a few years surrounding that date. I knew it was a counterfeit right away but couldn’t find a match with any Machin Mills varieties.
So I reached out to the experts. With the help of Iron Patch and a few others on FB group “Colonial and Early US coins and Artifacts” the variety was found.
76003CVS1776 GEO-III8.1gmVF, CHOICE, DARK BRN. CLEAR 6. VERY NICE REVERSE. 4 TINY DIGSOBV NEAR MOUTH. GEORGIVS TRIUMPHO FAMILY. $520
(Thanks for the ID, IP)
The Georgius Triumpho family is a group of coins I’m still reading about. There may be a loose tie with this 1776 counterfeit, Washington Tokens, and Nova Constellatio’s but there doesn’t appear to be any conclusive evidence.
https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/WASHTriumpho.intro.html
Again I’m still early in on my reading, but I believe this Counterfeit was likely manufactured in Birmingham or Greenwich England, perhaps by the same mint that manufactured Nova Constellatios.
Rare? Sure is!
Try to Google 1776 King George half penny and a very short list of ANY variety will appear. I’m over the moon about this coin - certainly my rarest and best counterfeit and a killer way to start 2018. And it all started by finding a scattering of foundation rocks while hiking with my 4- year old. Good thing I bring a detector everywhere in my truck!
Here’s the rest of the finds.
Enjoy and good hunts,
Steve
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