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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AtlantaMan, post: 26220543, member: 158885&quot;]Hi,</p><p>Below are the pictures for my 1775 Machin&#039;s Mills half penny.&nbsp; I have looked and looked at the reference pictures in the 2026 Red Book as well as on the PCGS website.&nbsp; Mine looks a little bit different than the ones in the Red Book and PCGS site which make me suspect I either have a variety, I have a fake or I haven&#039;t looked hard enough. </p><p><br /></p><p>Clearly, it&#039;s 1775, and I am pretty sure it&#039;s the GEORGVIS III, Group I.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>However, when I look at the reference pictures for the obverse, Britannia is holding a sprig that curls up under the &quot;N&quot; in BRITIAN.&nbsp; The sprig in my coin sticks straight up and seems to poke the bottom of the &quot;N.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, when I look at George on the reverse, he is wearing shoulder armor on his right shoulder which show epaulets (3 to 5 blocks depending on how you count them).&nbsp; Mine does also, but mine also shows two fine lines arching above those epaulets. None of the reference pictures I have seen, not even the AU50 sold at the Spring 2023 US Coins Auction (PCGS# 826950) show those 2 fine lines - it&#039;s just smooth above the epaulets. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is this a fake or a variety or maybe I haven&#039;t looked hard enough?[ATTACH=full]1674564[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1674563[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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