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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 11256, member: 669&quot;]The bust on the 1775 at the upper left is recognizable as George III.&nbsp; The coin is a copper half-penny (KM#601) and it&#039;s diameter should be about 30mm.&nbsp; It&#039;s also very possibly a contemporary counterfeit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, as Krause says they were very common, especially with the 1775 date.&nbsp; No mintage is listed.&nbsp; The 18th Century Krause (3rd Ed.) values a Fine&nbsp; ha&#039;penny at $8.&nbsp; The readable date probably makes this one a G by American standards, so it might be worth a buck or two to a date collector with a hole to fill <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />,.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom left copper <b><i>may</i></b> be a George II ha&#039;penny (KM#579.2 - 1746-1754), with catalog values at $3-4 in VG, which is waaaaaay above the grade shown.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the shape of the hair ribbon and the position of the reverse Britania, I&#039;m guessing that the upper right is a George I copper ha&#039;penny (KM#557 - 1719-1724).</p><p><br /></p><p>On all three there is sufficient detail to see that the figure of Britannia extends almost to the rim, with the legend reading &quot;Britan. . .nia&quot;, which helps with the identification, as some of the coins from that era had a reverse with a smaller Britannia, and the legend all the way across the top.</p><p><br /></p><p>The smaller disaster at the lower right (probably about 22.5mm) was once a copper farthing.&nbsp; If it&#039;s about the same age as the others, then if the bust is facing left it could be Queen Anna (No Virginia, The pair of Elizabeths, and Victoria, were not the only reigning English Queens) or George II; and if it&#039;s facing right it could be George I or III. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />Value?&nbsp; <img src="http://www.lloydroberts.com/x1.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Most folks don&#039;t consider a simple dip in distilled water and/or <b>pure</b> acetone as &quot;cleaning&quot;, as long as the coin is air-dryed with <b>no</b> rubbing or brushing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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