1775 colonial copper? Need help with id please

[firefighter35]

Hey, im still here yall. With it bein so cold and snow on the ground, metal detecting is over for now. So ive been goin thru withdrawl, lol So after talkin to my mother in law, she gave me a bag of coins that my father in law got when he was in the army. Some really cool looking coins in the first bag, including a 1775 georgivs iii rex coin. Not sure all about this coin, or the value. But its a really sweet looking coin. I also included a pic of a few of the coins from the one bag. There is still like 3 more bags full of coins from around the world that i wanna go thru. Thanks for looking. Any info on any of these coins in the pic would be helpful. Greg

 

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[WhiteHunter]

An intresting range of coins .The George the 3rd is a Penny or halfpenny depending on size

 

[pepperj]

I see at least 5 silvers there.

 

[Iron Patch]

1775 Counterfeit British George III Halfpenny and only worth a few dollars.

 

[WhiteHunter]

1775 Counterfeit British George III Halfpenny and only worth a few dollars.

It did have a strange colour to it

 

[firefighter35]

1775 Counterfeit British George III Halfpenny and only worth a few dollars.

I was reading alittle, the counterfeit coin will have the nose alligned with the r in rex. I honestly dont know much about them.

 

[Iron Patch]

1775 Counterfeit British George III Halfpenny and only worth a few dollars.

I was reading alittle, the counterfeit coin will have the nose alligned with the r in rex. I honestly dont know much about them.

No rules to counterfeits, they can be dead ringers for the real coins, or so wacky you wouldn't even know it was suppose to be a halfpenny.

 

[Don in SJ]

1775 Counterfeit British George III Halfpenny and only worth a few dollars.

I was reading alittle, the counterfeit coin will have the nose alligned with the r in rex. I honestly dont know much about them.

No rules to counterfeits, they can be dead ringers for the real coins, or so wacky you wouldn't even know it was suppose to be a halfpenny.

Agreed, the one usual big difference is, the coins are usually much lighter in weight, even though a lot are same copper content, but the counterfeiters made their profit by reducing the amount of copper in each coin they made. Now some have base metals mixed in to increase the profit.
A good website to read to broaden your knowledge on the colonial era counterfeits is:
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Imitation.intro.html

http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CtfBrit.intro.html

http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Casting.intro.html

 

[Chris_Odom]

1775 Counterfeit British George III Halfpenny and only worth a few dollars.

I was reading alittle, the counterfeit coin will have the nose alligned with the r in rex. I honestly dont know much about them.

No rules to counterfeits, they can be dead ringers for the real coins, or so wacky you wouldn't even know it was suppose to be a halfpenny.

Agreed, the one usual big difference is, the coins are usually much lighter in weight, even though a lot are same copper content, but the counterfeiters made their profit by reducing the amount of copper in each coin they made. Now some have base metals mixed in to increase the profit.
A good website to read to broaden your knowledge on the colonial era counterfeits is:
http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Imitation.intro.html

http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CtfBrit.intro.html

http://www.coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/Casting.intro.html

Great info provided.

 

[BOXING63]

NOW THAT IS A VERY NICE LOOKING COIN GEORGIVS lll REX I found one but not in that good of shape