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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prestoninanus, post: 702152, member: 20205&quot;]I&#039;ve seen underweight, bronze-coloured George III half-crowns and shillings before. My initial thought was that they might have been similar to Irish James II &#039;gunmoney&#039;, but George III had no need to issue base-metal gunmoney, that leaves the possibility that they are either extremely rare patterns, or else contemporary counterfeits, and considering the style of the ones I&#039;ve seen looked at seemed distinctly &#039;off&#039; compared to the genuine article, in addition to the fact I&#039;ve seen them turn up on a couple of occasions, suggests to me that they are contemporary fakes using base metal with very little intrinsic worth.</p><p>&nbsp;It isn&#039;t that uncommon to see 1920-1946 50% silver coins looking very &#039;bronzy&#039; because of their comparitively high copper/silver ratio, but as a George III halfcrown is supposed to be made of .925 fine sterling silver, I don&#039;t see how a genuine one could get to that coppery-looking state unless it was really dirty or something...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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