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1748 Counterfeit George II Halfpenny, Ogle Eye Family, Dies 2-48B. 86.2 grains.

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1748 Counterfeit George II Halfpenny, Ogle Eye Family, Dies 2-48B. 86.2 grains.
1748 Counterfeit George II Halfpenny, Ogle Eye Family, Dies 2-48B. 86.2 grains.Choice Fine, some details closer to VF. Full legend save the N of BRITAN, the tops of GE of GEORGIVS and the bottom of the date off the planchet as centered. The distinct obverse bust with protruding eye is reasonably sharp at the face and some of the mailing, weak at the hair; the same weakness affects the globe and central part of the seated figure on the reverse. Light brown, a small planchet flaw in front of the king’s throat, no other marks of import. When first noted as a family it was thought there were only a few members, but there are just over 20 die varieties within it, including some mules that include George III dates (one of these mules, dated 1738, is offered above). Those mules, as well as the very thin planchet stock used on this family, show that these were made far later than the George II years, and likely in the 1790s, in the half decade or so before Matthew Boulton’s Soho Mint coinage was released in quantity.
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