King George 2nd Farthing

Bubba65

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Hi All,

I was able to get out for hour before work. I went to one of my “old faithful spots” that keeps giving up the goods through many years. I was hunting with Nox 800 and it came in as a 21/22. As you know any time you can at least ID your old coppers, that is a good day!!! I believe it is the “Older Head.” Thanks for looking and Happy hunting to you All !!!! ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1593276783.780080.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1593276941.166600.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1593277008.755045.jpg
 

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Nice coin find and awesome that you were able to get an ID! Farthings seem to be harder to find than halfpennies, at least here in New England.
 

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Is the older head but it's a halfpenny. :)

Thanks IP on the correction. I was thinking it my be a halfpenny, but it seemed to be smaller then my other KG 2 half pennys, so thought might be a farthing.
 

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Nice coin find and awesome that you were able to get an ID! Farthings seem to be harder to find than halfpennies, at least here in New England.

Thank you , As you see IP Id’ed it as a half penny, but either way like you said it is great to even get an ID !!!!
 

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Thanks IP on the correction. I was thinking it my be a halfpenny, but it seemed to be smaller then my other KG 2 half pennys, so thought might be a farthing.


Could be counterfeit and a little smaller than usual. Farthings have an entirely different reverse die. If you do a side by side comparison with nice examples of both you should be able to see an obvious difference in the Britannia.
 

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Love the old coppers! :occasion14:
 

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If you’re nice, you might be able to get a date off that one. I’ve only ever seen one farthing dug, 1822 I think, still on my list. Nice job!!
 

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Could be counterfeit and a little smaller than usual. Farthings have an entirely different reverse die. If you do a side by side comparison with nice examples of both you should be able to see an obvious difference in the Britannia.

I see what you mean IP definitely not a Farthing. Leaning towards counterfeit now, it is smaller then my other KG2 half pennies. Again thanks for the correction!!!!
 

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