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1751 Counterfeit George II Halfpenny, Flat Struck Family. 67.2 grains.

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1751 Counterfeit George II Halfpenny, Flat Struck Family. 67.2 grains.
1751 Counterfeit George II Halfpenny, Flat Struck Family. 67.2 grains.Fine, likely better than that grade level from a standpoint of wear but, as the family name implies, the central devices are flatly struck – due both to dies that may not have had much finer detail engraved into them and very thin planchet stock which limited the amount of metal to fill those dies. Legends and date are full, the design details fully outlined. Lighter brown, the surfaces hard but with some large reverse scratches that are toned down to the surface color. This one weighs in at almost half that of the Defiant Head in the preceding lot, which tells us that it was likely made far later than the date it bears – a theory supported by there being several mules using Flat Struck George II obverses with reverses dated 1771, a year in George III’s reign, one of which is offered below.