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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SorenCoins, post: 2913127, member: 73708&quot;]As the previous coin I just posted I also got this at ANA Worlds Fair of Money from a junk bin.</p><p>I identified it as <b>1766 Ireland George III Half Penny.</b></p><p>Numista Listing:</p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21907.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21907.html" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces21907.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I now found out that during the time people would take these and make evasion tokens and use them as contemporary counterfeits.</p><p>Is this the case? I mean, to me the die does look poorly engraved (focus on leave detail above head as well as letters).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]703740[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]703741[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have it listed in my personal reviewings as ANA-IE01.</p><p>Normal weight is 7.4g (should be a bit less due to wear). This coin weighs 7.8g.</p><p>I will have closer images of the details in just a minute.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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