Some may be fifty years old or so, but even at that I would say they are fantasy pieces. I remember seeing these same tokens being sold in the...
Yes, period counterfeit, hard to say on value. There are people who avidly collect them and some rarer ones go for better money, but most aren't...
Looks like it may be a counterfeit, but it is definitely not a Machins. 1775 seems to be the most common year for counterfeit British halfpence.
One diagnostic is supposed to be the cross on the shield on the reverse, on a Machins the cross is solid, on a British counterfeit they are...
Nope, not a Machins. It may be a counterfeit, but not a Machins.
Honestly, I have collected colonials for over forty years and I don't grade them. There is so much variation in planchet quality, color, strike,...
You say "they saw those coins lying around on my desk". I know there were times when my sons weren't properly taking care of some of their...
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