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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CheetahCats, post: 1044768, member: 23874&quot;]I would be interested in seeing a posting of the specimen that you speak of.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The Georgius Triumpho token in of itself is a bit of a mysterious piece.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some argue that the bust on the obverse of the Georgius Triumpho token has an uncanny similarity to contemporary counterfeit Irish halfpence of the period - namely 1781, 1782, and 1783 pieces.&nbsp; In addition, comparisons have been made with respect to Goddess of Liberty on the reverse.&nbsp; The top half of the Goddess is extremely similar to English contemporary counterfeits of the period as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anton and Kesse¹ proffer that the Georgius Triumpho token was most probably struck sometime around 1787-1790, in contradiction to earlier theories that it was actually struck earlier.&nbsp; Previous evidence had suggested that several earlier New Jersey coppers had been struck on Georgius Triumpho planchets (Maris 73-aa and 56-n), but that has since been questioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus, if your specimen was indeed struck over a Georgius Triumpho copper, there exists a lot more dynamics to the piece that what might appear:<blockquote><p>It could imply that your 1764 24 skilling piece was struck sometime after 1787-1790; or -</p><p>It may sit on an earlier contemporary counterfeit (or evasion) with the bust of George and Hibernia very much similar to the ones which appear on the Triumpho².</p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>- Cheetah</p><p><br /></p><p>____________</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="1">¹ <u>The Forgotten Coins of the North American Colonies</u>, Anton &amp; Kesse, Woodcliff (c)1990</font></p><p><font size="1"><br /></font></p><p><font size="1">² <u>A Journey through the Monkalokian rain forests in search of the Spiney Fubbaduck</u>, Greensword, Bramcote, (c)1993</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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