Undated Contemporary Counterfeit English Halfpenny. George III Type of 1770-1775. Double Obverse. Extremely Fine. 131.3 grains. We repeat our able description from 2011 here, adding only that the glossy, little worn coin is perhaps more deserving of an AU grade than EF: "A fascinating error coin that is seen from time to time in the series. Sometimes we see double-headed or -tailed coins that are struck from different dies. Here, both obverse and reverse are struck by the same die-there is identical die deterioration on both sides. The coin was probably struck uniface, then flipped over and then struck again with a soft buffer material to protect the struck obverse side from the impact of the obverse die in a blank reverse. One side shows slight distortion as a result. Surfaces are glossy, chestnut brown and quite beautiful on this lightly circulated piece." From our (Stacks) Americana Sale of January 2011, lot 6059.
