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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2773910, member: 10461&quot;]Yes, it&#039;s an 1807 halfpenny.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interestingly, it looks as though it once had some kind of love token engraving done to the reverse, which got heavily worn when that was likely someone&#039;s pocket piece.&nbsp; This type was often used as a host for love token carvings and counterstamps.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s a two-year type, struck in 1806 and 1807.&nbsp; The 1807 is, I believe, a little bit scarcer than the 1806 overall. </p><p><br /></p><p>But not scarcer than MY 1806. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/GB-Gilt-halfpenny-1806-082000-coin-800x500.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi88.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk173%2Flordmarcovan%2FGB-Gilt-halfpenny-1806-082000-slab.jpg&amp;hash=0e569748bf25b50b46baaf997bf87642" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(Sorry, that&#039;s one of my top three favorite pieces, so I never pass up a chance to repost it.&nbsp; It is a special gilt proof presentation piece and at one time the finest graded.&nbsp; There has since been a PR67 DCAM graded by PCGS, which must be absolutely <i>gobsmacking</i>.&nbsp; Mine is more stunning in hand than the photos.)</p><p><br /></p><p>But anyway, that&#039;ll be quite enough of me tooting my own horn.&nbsp; Back to your son&#039;s coin.&nbsp; Catalog on it is only four bucks in Fine, so the OP coin is worth only about a buck, in monetary terms, but hey... 200 year old copper is fun in any condition.&nbsp; I fondly remember buying my first one of these for five bucks, when I was a 15-year-old kid.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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