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<p>[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 7809412, member: 105571"]According to my reference, <i>Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins</i> by Q. David Bowers, the V-12-78B is one of the many Machins Mills counterfeits of English halfpence. The book says it is usually on a rough planchet and this coin certainly more than meets that condition. In addition to the expected planchet roughness of the variety, I think this coin has suffered subsequent post-mint corrosion. Could this be a "dug" coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>I would give your coin a technical grade of about VF but net grade down to a VG to F. In VF, it's a $1000 coin but in VG it's a $100 coin and in F it's $250. These are from the valuations given in my reference. You should actually look at auction results where you can compare photos of the coin and the prices realized.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unless you are particularly entranced with this coin for some reason, I would believe that you can find a nicer example if you keep looking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Publius2, post: 7809412, member: 105571"]According to my reference, [I]Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins[/I] by Q. David Bowers, the V-12-78B is one of the many Machins Mills counterfeits of English halfpence. The book says it is usually on a rough planchet and this coin certainly more than meets that condition. In addition to the expected planchet roughness of the variety, I think this coin has suffered subsequent post-mint corrosion. Could this be a "dug" coin? I would give your coin a technical grade of about VF but net grade down to a VG to F. In VF, it's a $1000 coin but in VG it's a $100 coin and in F it's $250. These are from the valuations given in my reference. You should actually look at auction results where you can compare photos of the coin and the prices realized. Unless you are particularly entranced with this coin for some reason, I would believe that you can find a nicer example if you keep looking.[/QUOTE]
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