Interesting replica 1723 "Peter Rosa" Rosa Americana Pennies Part II

In Part I, reference https://www.cointalk.com/threads/in...a-americana-penny-part-i.393605/#post-8235366

I showed 2 examples attributed to Peter Rosa and associates, and displayed a feature I believe diagnostic for any example, the "broken ER".


Discussion example Genuine Example courtesy HA.com

From further discussions I believe this feature is a result of strike bifurcation, similar to my 1794 large cent, where the strike(s) caused the metal to flow outward creating a larger than normal diameter and weak, not filled out legends and date.



I am told in Syd Martin's book (an expert on the series) he stated only 1 known die state for this variety, the "perfect dies".

So, not a die state, but a die strike characteristic of the source example or model, "die" linking the examples in this discussion...

So, for part II I am displaying a 3rd example- this one described as being in a major collection and a "copper plated lead cast" (weight at 143.4 grains).


Basically the same centering and dentillation as the other two but a major difference is the "blobs" of excess material, an unintended byproduct of the casting process.



Now looking for the genuine source example...

 

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You can see my Rosa here but I don't think it's in a good enough condition to be of help... https://www.cointalk.com/media/albums/early-colonial-coppers.1931/

 

So, where was this leading???

My "authenticated" example "die" links with the Peter Rosa examples.



I had my friends at my local coin shop scan it for me through the slab and show these results:


Note: Sb- antimony, used to increase the hardness of alloys, with lead alloys for batteries, with lead/copper/tin alloys for machine bearings.

From the net what it should be made of:


So, another in my growing collection...

 

In follow-up I was able to get images of one of the original struck lead models and an original Rosa example to add to my collection:



All with the "broken ER"...

 

My Coin Week Dark Corner Article on this one: https://coinweek.com/counterfeits/f...uthenticated-counterfeit-1723-rosa-americana/