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British George II Half Crown 1731:

 

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1731 George II-2nd Treaty of Vienna by J. Crocker (MI II 496/39)

 

1731, Gelderland VOC duit and Holland 2 stuiver

 

A couple more 1731, both from Zeeland

 

1731 -- United Kingdom, 1 farthing:

 

Must be about time to move on - herewith 1730 Halfpenny:

 

1730 British Evasion Counterfeit Halfpenny. GEORGE RULES, BRITAIN’S ISLES

This coin is dated 1730, but this is not possible … it was predated. More about this below.

It is certain that this Evasion halfpenny was not minted in 1730: The bust of George II on this halfpenny is the “Old Bust”, which was minted starting in 1740. In 1730 the “Young Bust” was being minted.

PaddyB's 1740 halfpenny was posted at #2378

Evasion Counterfeit Coinage explained

https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CtfBrit.intro.html in 1771 a new law was passed {in Britain} making counterfeiting a felony and placing penalties on distributors as well as minters. However, this did not stop the lucrative counterfeiting trade. Counterfeits continued to be produced and distributed. Now that there were severe penalties at home, several individuals started producing evasion coppers in large numbers for internal distribution, as these were not covered by the counterfeiting laws, and sending their counterfeit issue abroad.

Along with counterfeits there were several "evasion issues" produced in England and Ireland. These issues did not try to make exact copies of coppers (usually halfpence), instead they only tried to closely resemble regular issues. Usually the images would be the same but the motto "Georgius III Rex" would be changed to "George Rules", "Georgius III Pax", "Britain Rules" or the like. Sometimes the portrait of the king would face in the wrong direction. Since these coins were not exact copies of regal issues, the makers could not be charged with counterfeiting under English law.
Some individuals turned to evasion pieces as early as the 1750's but the majority were produced after counterfeiting coppers was made a felony in 1771 ...

{Evasion coins did not circulate in America.} Newman (pp. 151-153) has traced the history of evasion coins and found they were not used in America. … Newman has explained no evasion copper has ever been found in excavations at an American site nor has one appeared in a colonial coin hoard. Recently, Philip Mossman has concurred in this opinion stating: "there is no evidence that evasive halfpence ever circulated in America nor is there any report of such pieces being recovered in accumulations or hoards from the colonial period." (Money of the American Colonies p. 123). In fact, it would seem reasonable that counterfeiters, under fear of prosecution, would want to send their products out of the country, while there was no such incentive for the export of evasion issues.


I particularly looked for a coin with the GEORGE RULES legend because “rules” is a current slang expression, which the Urban Dictionary describes as “Something that is higher in quality than all other things” … they give an example “Black Sabbath rules!”. Black Sabbath in this case would be the British Rock Band. I’ve heard some band or other “rules” countless times from my son who is a Heavy Metal enthusiast and an excellent guitarists. He collects coins too. We share collections.

 

1730 -- UK , 1/2 penny:

 

"The cook was Dutch, and he behaved as such". Here are some 1730 from Holland and Zeeland

 

1729 GB Threepence.

 

... and one penny more! 1729 Fourpence:

 

Sorry about my absence....I was clearing snow, bidding on auctions

Here is my
AV 2 Dukaten 1729 Wurzburg Mint
Friedrich Karl Von Schonborn 1729-46 Bishop of Wurzburg
Note: Many German cities/states were under control of the Church, these produced fantastic coinage.

 

I forgot this coin from Zeelandia.
1753

 

1729, Zeeland duit

 

We've seen the UK 3 pence and 4 pence, so here's the 1729 UK 2 pence:

 

Must be time to move on again. British Sixpence 1728:

 

1728 Zeeland

 

Another one, in much better condition. I think I sold the one pictured above?

 

Hamburg.
1727.

 

A shilling this time: