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1775 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Double Counterstamp. 122.8 grains.

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1775 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Double Counterstamp. 122.8 grains.
1775 Counterfeit George III British Halfpenny, Double Counterstamp. 122.8 grains.Very Good to Fine, from an unpublished family, the obverse bust with a distinctly dour look and a rather weak chin, the reverse with a shield somewhere between round and square. Partial obverse legend, the reverse legend sharper, and the top of the date on the planchet. Medium brown, light marks from circulation. What makes the piece interesting is that it sports two different counterstamps, one almost over the other! The older counterstamp is at the center reverse, and appears to be a large DY, within a scalloped oval border, though it is not completely clear as the left part of the D and upper arms of the Y are obscured by yet another counterstamp applied in the same area, partially overlapping. This second counterstamp is a large IL, the second letter being over the first counterstamp; this appears to be of a slightly later date, and is not in any sort of box or border. While one occasionally finds the same counterstamp applied more than once to a single coin, it is unusual to see two different counterstamps on the same coin.