1781 Contemporary Imitation Halfpenny. George III English Type. Newman 43-81D. VF-20.129.7 grains. Pale golden tan with iridescent highlights, 2 carbon spots on reverse, and a band of darker patina along edge and rim around 7 oclock position of obverse. A case was made by Eric Newman in an article in the 1988 <em>ANS Museum Notes </em>for the British manufacture and American circulation of the 1781-dated English counterfeit halfpence, although no conclusive evidence has come to light in support of the theory. His documenting of the die varieties of the 1781 halfpence, however, has made them eminently collectible!
