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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 3196173, member: 40017&quot;]I can&#039;t see it would be worth slabbing - the value is in the history, not the quality of the coin.</p><p>To answer previous queries about weight, the correct weight for Regal issued halfpennies would be around 9.8g. (The law required 46 per pound and this is what that works out to.) Most counterfeits were well below that - typically around 7g or even less.</p><p>Also, to add to the date debate - the 1770s issue of copper coins was the last until 1797. Many of the counterfeits on both sides of the pond, were created in the intervening years and deliberately &quot;worn&quot; so as not to attract attention. Counterfeits of much earlier George II coppers were also made at this time and into the 19th century, so it is difficult to relate the date on any given coin to the particular history of that year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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