Possible Pre-Victorian Penny?

[Guest jay2oo6]

When i was younger I used to collect old stamps and coins, this was when i was around the age of 9-11, I am now 19. I have just been cleaning out my bedroom and I have found my box that I keep my old coins in and I have a rifle through these and found one that stood out. I do not know if it is genuine or not but I bought it from either a coin collector in Quiggins, Liverpool and in a collectors shop in Taunton, Somerset.

Below I have provided a few images and tried to get as much clarity in the image as I could. As can be seen by the images, the coin is faded quite alot and I can only make out certain markings, such as the britannia and judging by my other coins, this is a one penny. I cannot see any Lighthouses or Sailing ships in the background to help indiciate a ime period this is from, but the Britannia looks rough and not as clean cut as seen in Victorian one pennys.

The obvious sign would be the date below Britannia but as said previously, the coin is heavily faded and there is no way I could make out a date on this coin.

On the back of the coin, the coin has to be turned around to view the head as it seems to have been pressed upside down. All I can make out from the back of the coin is a head, most likely of a male and above the head slightly to the right i can make out 'III'. With a little wikipedia search, This could mean George III?

If anyone could help me find out what era this coin is from, that would wonderful, as i say, i am not an expert in this field, I only used to collect them as a childhood hobby!

Thanks.

James.

Pics.....

Front

Back

[Chris Perkins]

Perfectly normal and very common George III halfpenny of 1806 or 1807. Not worth more than £1 in that condition.

You know you can sand down the back of that Ford badge and then paint it another colour? They look great in red.

[Guest jay2oo6]

Thanks for the quick reply Chris!

I thought i might have been right about it being George III and I'm not worried about the value or condition of it I was just curious about the era it was from becuase the condition of it is what caught my attention when i bought it.

And about the Ford badge....That is not a bad idea, I might try that out, can you use any type of paint?

[Chris Perkins]

Humbrol enamel by brush is fine, a car touch-up paint, or something similar. Difficult to spray because you'd have to mask the other side. The Chrome parts stay exactly as they are because they're deeper.

Was all the rage to change the colours of your Ford badges when I was your age (which is only 12 years ago)! I never had a Ford though, as I liked to be different.

The date on the coin is under the King's head. They are often very worn but it can only be 1806 or 1807. 1807 is a little harder to find than 1806.