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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;magoo, post: 1610888, member: 43203&quot;]I have what I believe to be a 1776 Copper New Hampshire.</p><p>The big question is if it is real or not, and if not why do you think so and does anyone have any more information of its origin.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]227934.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]227935.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]227936.vB[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have read up on what I can find online about the coin and I realize there are few facts about the 1776 NH copper coin.&nbsp; The one that sold last year at Stack&#039;s/Bowers graded by PCGS even states their coin weight exceeds the statements related to this coin (yet theirs is real).&nbsp; <i>Their</i> coin sold weighs 155 grains (~10 grams).</p><p>I may be wrong but I believe these coins are known to be either bronze <i>or</i> copper?&nbsp; I do not know what my coin is.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have not been able to find a similar one referenced online specifically to the initials M.G. where I believe 1776 is said to supposed to be.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>It looks <i>too</i> good to be real </li> <li>&quot;American Liberty&quot; with Pine tree and Harp as described to be the 1776 New Hampshire Copper </li> <li>What is M.G. (possibly the replicators trademark?) (maybe William Moulton&#039;s cousin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) </li> <li>This coin weighs ~13 Grams (200 grains) (give or take a gram, not sure how accurate my scale is) </li> <li>I inherited this coin from an estate my family inherited some 20 years ago. </li> <li>It appears to me to be cast </li> <li>The wear is very uneven if it is real </li> <li>The strings on the harp My coin = 8 , PCGS = 9 (from what I can tell)&nbsp; I was not able to locate it documented if there was any variations to the number of strings of this elusive coin. </li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>Is there a market even if this is &quot;fake&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks everyone for your time![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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