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Undated (1771) Counterfeit British Halfpenny, Obverse Brockage, Spiked Chin Family. 96.5 grains.

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Undated (1771) Counterfeit British Halfpenny, Obverse Brockage, Spiked Chin Family. 96.5 grains.
Undated (1771) Counterfeit British Halfpenny, Obverse Brockage, Spiked Chin Family. 96.5 grains.Very Good, another obverse brockage from this family, and one that was certainly not saved shortly after being made, as it has seen extensive use in circulation, though that wear is clean and even, and the light brown planchet has minimal marks. Only RGIVS is visible for the obverse legend, while the brockage side shows more detail (being incuse, it would not have worn as quickly as the other side). From a middle die state of the obverse “spike.”From the 1995 C4 Convention auction, where this was Lot 620, and in a handwritten Mike Ringo envelope.