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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SRSNUM, post: 5413636, member: 102988&quot;]Many thanks to Coinsandmedals for his thorough analysis of my 1772 halfpenny.&nbsp; It certainly appears to be the correct description of the coin.&nbsp; The most convincing evidence for me is the ‘closed Gs’.&nbsp; After much searching on-line, find below a description and images of a coin in the collection at Notre Dame University similar to mine.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Counterfeit British Coppers</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>George III</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1234742[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1234743[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Halfpenny</b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <b>1772</b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <b>George III</b>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; counterfeit</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; GEORGIVS .&nbsp; &nbsp; III . R E X .</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; BRITAN&nbsp; &nbsp; N I A .&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1772</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight:&nbsp; 105.6 g&nbsp;&nbsp; (6.84 grams)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Diameter:&nbsp; 27.6 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments:&nbsp; The obverse bears a portrait of George III while the reverse bears a Britannia design. This lightweight halfpenny is a full 25% under the minimum acceptable weight of 140 grains. The obverse has a distinctive pointed nose bust, with the nose pointing to the vertical stroke of the R. Also the S in GEORGIVS is somewhat distant and in REX the E and X in REX are distant with the end on the X and the final stop very close to the bust. Not illustrated in Anton and Kesse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse is similar to Anton and Kesse, figure 83. Britannia&#039;s hand points between the I and T and the top leaf points to the corner of the N. The bottom of the pole points to the right of the 1 in the date. This example differs from Anton 83 in that the second 7 in the date appears higher than in their plate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Provenance:&nbsp; Donated to Notre Dame in 1887 as part of a 2,300 item coin collection (see: <i>The Notre Dame Scholastic</i>,&nbsp;&nbsp; vol. 21 (September 1887) 45.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alas, the Gs in the obverse image are not closed and other details of the image above including the fonts and spacing simply do not match the item in hand. I am nonetheless satisfied that I have a decent, if low grade example of a 1772 British counterfeit in my possession.&nbsp; Strangely enough, before I sold it 35 years ago, I also had an example of a Machin Mills 1772. Regrettably, I do not recall which Vlack variety it was, but it sold to RA a well known Colonial Collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many thanks again to Coinsandmedals and expat for their help in attributing the item...it is much appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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