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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25357909, member: 101855&quot;]There were many counterfeit British half pennies in circulation in American and in England. The government simply did not issue enough pieces to supply the demand. The demand for money was way up because factory owners in England needed something to pay their employees. The most popular choice became the Condor tokens. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here there was shortage of money which was filled by counterfeiters and the official state coinages during the Confederation period in 1780s. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a genuine British half penny. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1622180[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a counterfeit, which I believe, was made in England. These made it to the U.S. also. They all weighed less than the real thing. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1622181[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This one was made at Machin&#039;s Mills in New York</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1622183[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a low grade example which was probably made in the U.S. Any of these pieces that is dated &quot;1776&quot; is a counterfeit because the British didn&#039;t make any half pennies that year. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1622182[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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