George II halfpenny

[Dasha1]

Hi,

I have found a George II halfpenny which although very worn perfectly matches the description and picture in Spink. However, on the portrait side it had a letter G stamped into it. I have searched the web to no avail can anyone tell me about the G ?

I will try and put a picture onto the gallery, but as this is my first post on this site it may take me a while.

thanks

dasha1

Edited September 29, 2008 by Dasha1

[Peter]

Welcome Dasha1

The fact that your coin is very worn unforntunatley means it will have little or no value.

It is also quite common for coins of this period to have initials or letters stamped onto them.

But by almeans post a picture if you can.

Peter

[Dasha1]

Welcome Dasha1

The fact that your coin is very worn unforntunatley means it will have little or no value.

It is also quite common for coins of this period to have initials or letters stamped onto them.

But by almeans post a picture if you can.

Peter

Thanks for that Peter, any idea why it has a letter stamped on it? I found it in my brother in laws garden in an area which was apparently orchards at one time.

Kind regards

dasha 1

[Peter]

They were stamped for various reasons....maybe an apprentice or it could be a love token (but these were usually in silver) its just a bit of 18C graffiti & your guess is good as mine.

[Dasha1]

They were stamped for various reasons....maybe an apprentice or it could be a love token (but these were usually in silver) its just a bit of 18C graffiti & your guess is good as mine.

Thanks Peter, kids eh?

[Rob]

There is a note on page 121 of Seaby's "Copper Coins and Tokens of the British Isles" (1949) which may be pertinent to this thread. There it states that the earliest 19th century tokens were worn Geo.II and Geo.III halfpennies (many of them forgeries) and 18th century private tokens which were privately re-issued with a countermark stamped with the name (and presumably also initials) of the new issuer. This was in the first few years of the century before the metal bashers in Birmingham got seriously involved.

Edited October 3, 2008 by Rob