Georgivs/Britannia Machin Mills Copper Halfpenny?

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  1. SUPERCENT1543

    SUPERCENT1543 Member

    This coin appears to look very similar to a halfpenny. What is the value? Any help would be much appreciated...Thanks
     

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    SUPERCENT1543, Jul 18, 2013
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  3. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    can you see any date ?
     
    spirityoda, Jul 18, 2013
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  4. SUPERCENT1543

    SUPERCENT1543 Member

    No I can't see a date.
     
    SUPERCENT1543, Jul 18, 2013
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  5. l.cutler

    l.cutler Member

    It is not a Machins mills, but it is a contemporary counterfeit. I can't help with value, but there are avid collectors of circulating counterfeits of the colonial era.
     
    l.cutler, Jul 19, 2013
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  6. SUPERCENT1543

    SUPERCENT1543 Member

    How do you know it is a counterfeit. Thanks for the help!
     
    SUPERCENT1543, Jul 19, 2013
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  7. l.cutler

    l.cutler Member

    One giveaway is the crude lettering. Compare the shape of the head and reverse figure to a genuine one and you will see the difference. Counterfeits actually outnumbered genuine British halfpence in the earliest days of the US.
     
    l.cutler, Jul 19, 2013
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  8. SUPERCENT1543

    SUPERCENT1543 Member

    Gotcha. Thanks so much for the help!
     
    SUPERCENT1543, Jul 20, 2013
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