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1775 Counterfeit George III British Farthing, Double Struck. 32.2 grains.

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1775 Counterfeit George III British Farthing, Double Struck. 32.2 grains.
1775 Counterfeit George III British Farthing, Double Struck. 32.2 grains.Very Fine detail, with post-strike damage. An interesting piece, the double strike not immediately obvious, as the first strike was about 50% off center and weak, while the second strike was centered and much bolder, erasing much of that original strike around the peripheries. What looks like a gouge on the king’s cheek is actually a curl from the hair on the original strike – though here appearing both backwards and incuse, a mystery for the next owner to solve. The reverse double strike is easier to see, with the original head of Britannia nestled into the shoulder on the branch arm side, and the shoulder of the original flowing almost seamlessly into the drapery of the second strike. Medium olive brown, the surfaces hard. There is a post-strike cut at the left obverse, where it appears someone first made a small v-shaped cut taking out a bit of the edge, then a deep cut from there which did not completely go through the planchet (and since it is on both sides and of equal length it is a cut and not a blow from an axe but rather something like heavy shears).
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