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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 1719908, member: 5682&quot;](I only caught this old thread when I was doing research for another topic.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I love early milled English / British coinage (pre-1837), especially early coppers.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am suspicious of any of the Queen Anne coppers...but not because of authenticity. it seems that no one is sure when these were minted. One can only say with some assurance that they weren&#039;t minted in Anne&#039;s lifetime.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, similar pattern coins to the one in question are listed in the Heritage Auction archives (coins # 2,4, and 7). They went for well over $1200 U.S each.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=790+231+51&amp;chkNotSold=0&amp;Ne=13&amp;Ntk=SI_Titles&amp;Nty=1&amp;Ntt=1713+farthing" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=790+231+51&amp;chkNotSold=0&amp;Ne=13&amp;Ntk=SI_Titles&amp;Nty=1&amp;Ntt=1713+farthing" rel="nofollow">http://www.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=790+231+51&amp;chkNotSold=0&amp;Ne=13&amp;Ntk=SI_Titles&amp;Nty=1&amp;Ntt=1713+farthing</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I usually enjoy the historical background of the attributions of Heritage coins, but I do take a little umbrage with coin #2&#039;s:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I must have missed those &quot;early battles against the Germans in [the reign of Queen Anne].&quot; Or was I too busy reading about the war of the Spanish succession against France&#039;s Louis XIV? Except for the electorate of Bavaria (and only till the Battle of Blenheim in 1704), Austria and most of the German electorates were on the British side. The war did not finally end till 1714. </p><p><br /></p><p>guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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