 1771 Contemporary Counterfeit British Halfpenny. Anton-Kesse 134. 87.2 gns. Extremely Fine, or finer. Due to the thinness of the planchet stock, there was not enough metal to fill the recesses of the die, creating the weakly defined areas in George's bust and Britannia's figure and allowing the rough virgin planchet surface to show through in those areas. Glossy, deep chestnut brown surfaces are quite attractive, but for a minor area of verdigris at the left bottom corner of the truncation of George's bust. A tiny curved clip is best seen at the 2:00 position of the reverse. AK-134 is popularly collected and sought after for solid lines in the British Union Jack, which are similar to the solid lines seen on Vermont and Machin's Mills coppers. Despite this stylistic similarity, we believe this coin to be of British manufacture and possible American circulation.
The 'VS' of GEORGIVS is clearly repunched.
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