1733 Contemporary Counterfeit Halfpenny. George II English Type. Simian Family. Dies 7-33A. AK-49. Extremely Fine.76.0 grains. Dark brown and glossy, the high points worn to a lighter olive-brown hue. Surfaces show just the normal marks of circulation, with an old spot of verdigris between the two letters of the ordinal. A pronounced planchet cutter lip around the obverse circumference is joined by a minuscule curved clip at the 9 oclock position. Struck from the late, but not terminal die state of this die pairing (the AK-49 plate coin looks like its reverse is in an acute state of failure), the dies now worn and showing a pronounced waviness amidst the die breaks and cracks that contribute to the near unintelligibility of the 1733 date.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Byron Hoke, 1993.
