1775 Contemporary Counterfeit Halfpenny. George III English Type. British Toon Family. Dies 1-75A. AK-9—Double Struck—About Extremely Fine.108.2 grains. One of the more available counterfeits of a very distinctive type, here easy to pick out with the retrograde S in GEORGIVS. Double struck in a closely overlapping manner, creating a jumble of designs that blend with some old scratches across both obverse and reverse on this golden brown and very attractive coin.From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Moffatt, 2002.
