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1775 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Coin Z Family, the “Puffy Head” variety. 115.4 gr

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1775 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Coin Z Family, the “Puffy Head” variety. 115.4 gr
1775 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Coin Z Family, the “Puffy Head” variety. 115.4 grains.Choice Very Fine, the obverse closer to the EF level, but with that die being deeply engraved it usually appears sharper than the reverse. Another naked-eye type coin, with an obvious nickname given the large, puffy features of the king. Chocolate brown, the surfaces hard, with faint marks from circulation and minor roughness on the reverse which is fine, since it is the obverse you want nicer on this variety. The overall family grouping is Coin Z, named after a specimen that was illustrated in C. Wilson Peck’s work on British coins, where a member of this family was illustrated as letter Z on a plate of counterfeits (which also included W, X, Y, all of which have been kept as family names); it is itself a subset of the much larger Georgius Triumpho family, which will likely be tackled by breaking off smaller groups like this and publishing those, and it is hoped this family will be covered in the second volume of the book series. Single varieties within larger families can have nicknames, especially when well known. A handsome example of this variety, purchased from Tom Rinaldo in 1995.