I made an error on my post yesterday regarding the 1828 sixpence. It is George IV and it looks as though it is copper bronze so I assume it is a half farthing. Can someone confirm this for me please. Thank you!
If it looks like copper/bronze it is probably a contemporary forgery. They weren't that uncommon during this period....
re: 1828 George IV Does a contemporary forgery mean that it would have been made near the turn of the 19th century to look like an 1828 coin? I question this because this piece has been in my family since 1900.
A contemporary forgery is a coin made at the time that that type of coin would have been in circulation, usually out of baser metal than the real thing, in order to use as currency. It was probably washed slightly in silver when it was first made. Sometimes you can see traces of it left, which tells me they often continued to circulate long after it should have been obvious they weren't kosher....
