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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jimski, post: 2914669, member: 77373&quot;][USER=40017]@PaddyB[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>Allow me to correct you that “Evasion” is not a correct term to use for your coin.&nbsp; I have seen sellers on eBay commonly use this term for coins that should be called contemporary counterfeit halfpenny, like your coin.&nbsp; Evasion halfpennies refers to the class of halfpennies made to look like regal halfpennies but with legends that are different from those used on regal coins to avoid (or &quot;evade&quot;) counterfeiting laws in Britain.&nbsp; I have one dated 1730 where the legends read: obverse GEORGE RULES, reverse BRITAIN’S ISLES … the obverse and reverse devices on this coin are representative of a George I halfpenny.&nbsp; I plan to post this coin when (if) we get to 1730.&nbsp; This coin was undoubtedly predated to 1730 by the minter though.&nbsp; The reference for my info (link below) says that most Evasion coins were minted after 1771 when counterfeiting was made a felony in Britain, but that some minters did turn to minting evasion coins as early as the 1750’s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, additionally halfpennies known to be minted in America (like Machin&#039;s Mills halfpennies) are called imitation rather that counterfeit because the British halfpenny was not a US coin, and the imitation coins were meant to be used in the US.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CtfBrit.intro.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CtfBrit.intro.html" rel="nofollow">https://coins.nd.edu/ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/CtfBrit.intro.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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