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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Circa Antiques, post: 3047539, member: 94536&quot;]I have a group of suspected &quot;contemporary counterfeits&quot;, also part of an auction tray lot from years back. Seven (see photos at link) are in storage, but an 8th one that I had forgotten about popped up the other day with some other loose trinkets. This &quot;GEORGIVS III REX&quot; halfpenny measures about 27 mm in diameter, is just over 1 mm thick and weighs 5.4 grams (84 gn). It rings like a coin when dropped on a table.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also, as you can see, pretty rough, possibly dug. I looked through a number of examples in the U. Notre Dame collection, but could not find enough points of comparison to be certain.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, any more seasoned counterfeit people have an opinion?[ATTACH=full]761781[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]761782[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The other seven suspects can be seen at:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/sNAbfpaIslQAkUCT2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/sNAbfpaIslQAkUCT2" rel="nofollow">https://photos.app.goo.gl/sNAbfpaIslQAkUCT2</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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