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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BusterLuke, post: 2634829, member: 84914&quot;]Hello everyone</p><p><br /></p><p>My first post here, so greetings to you all!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a slightly baffling coin in my possession and I wonder if anyone could cast some light so to speak on it&#039;s identity.</p><p><br /></p><p>I apologize for the not so amazing pictures here, but hopefully it&#039;s enough for the basic gist of my question.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is of George III, which can be made out enough, and measures approx 25mm across, weighs 4.98 grams, and is 1mm high. That makes it a British farthing technically (or thereabouts), but if you see the wording is cropped horribly and the bust appears just too large for the face - and the reverse is missing date, which appears pushed way off the bottom of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it&#039;s more like a G.III penny, on the size of a farthing coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a little new to numismatics and haven&#039;t seen that many error coins, or counterfeits, but I have seen quite a lot of tampered with and clipped. But it seems odd someone wanting to size a penny down to a farthing ... so I&#039;m wondering is it possibly a mis-strike, a counterfeit, or a colonial coin perhaps? The coin is actually quite badly worn, but it does have curious sharp surface detail that I outlined in red, and a more stretched &#039;X&#039; in REX than I can match against others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts would be much appreciated. I hope I&#039;ve given enough info - and sorry again for the not quite so excellent pictures! I can take more if anyone is interested.</p><p><br /></p><p>Buster</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]580395[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]580396[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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