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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jack D. Young, post: 8366523, member: 93371&quot;]A seller had 3 &quot;Colonials&quot; listed for sale yesterday including one of the &quot;beaded border&quot; Virginia half penny:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1484749[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Through my previous ramblings and research I found Peter Rosa made many of these starting in the &#039;60&#039;s; the Virginia with beads is one of his so that was an easy call.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other two just have that odd look of a cast or electro and I looked to Rosa again for the Vermont Landscape. Turned out his apprentice still sells a version with a similar look to the listed piece but a slightly different off-center &quot;strike&quot;...</p><p><br /></p><p>The listed example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1484752[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Rosa&quot; current copy:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1484759[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One of the common features I noted is at the rim/ dentilation above &quot;A DE&quot; even though they are not the same from an off-center standpoint:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1484761[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I sent the seller a message with my thoughts and asked to see edge views; he later responded &quot;We&#039;ve had these coins in our family safe for many years, they do appear to be replicas after performing research, thank you&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>He ended the auctions but after discussion in my FB Group the listings were also removed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today a friend and member of my Group sent me a link of another the seller had listed; another 1786 Landscape, this one appears to be a more centered strike but again just has a look. The seller posted an edge view, but it doesn&#039;t look quite right either...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1484767[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And my eagle eyed friend found some interesting matching &quot;pin pricks&quot; on all three; I also note a couple of other matching features:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1484768[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1484769[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I sent the images and my concerns about his latest one and am awaiting his response!</p><p><br /></p><p>Best, Jack.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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