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1774 Counterfeit British Halfpenny, Double Struck. 114.0 grains.

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1774 Counterfeit British Halfpenny, Double Struck. 114.0 grains.
1774 Counterfeit British Halfpenny, Double Struck. 114.0 grains.Fine, a boldly double struck example from a family that has not yet been researched or published, the coin of fairly good size and workmanship. The original strike was centered, the second strike about 25% off center and slightly rotated, and obliterating the peripheral legend of the original strike. There are however two full 1774 dates, always a bonus on multi-struck coins. Lovely milk chocolate brown, the surfaces hard. There is an old dent at the center reverse and a few light circulation marks, but this is a pleasing error coin.From the 1999 C4 auction, where this was Lot 510.