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1733 Counterfeit George II Halfpenny, Simian Family, Dies 5-33A. 80.4 grains.

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1733 Counterfeit George II Halfpenny, Simian Family, Dies 5-33A. 80.4 grains.
1733 Counterfeit George II Halfpenny, Simian Family, Dies 5-33A. 80.4 grains.Fine, weakly struck at the upper right obverse and central reverse, with loss of detail there. The legends are full, some of the letters at the right weaker than the rest. The obverse bust has strong mailing, but is weak at the rear of his head, a situation reminiscent of many Connecticut coppers. The seated reverse figure is mostly gone from the neck down, a combination of weak strike and planchet pitting there. The unusual date is mostly on the planchet; this has been called 1733/1777, but as it was hand engraved (as are all details on Simian family dies), it was likely just oddly shaped 3’s. Neil’s envelope is a good case study in waiting for research before making any claims of rarity (one reason there are no rarity ratings assigned to the coins in this offering) - on the envelope it was claimed to be a R-7+ variety, whereas it has proven to be one of the two or three most available of the George II Simians! This family was plated in the first volume of the counterfeit book series, with all then-known die varieties illustrated.