| Welcome to my Contemporary Counterfeits Pages! |
| This page was last updated on November 29, 2002 |
| Page One-CTFTs |
| The following is a crash course in collecting Contemporary Counterfeits. Where British counterfeit halfpence are concerned I like to keep it simple. I focus mainly on the issues dated 1770-75; these are also known as the regal years when genuine George III halfpence were struck. They are also known to have been dated 1769, extremely rare, and 1776, which is scarce as a date but as you can imagine a very popular date because of the Declaration of Independence. There are also examples dated 1781 & 1785, also extremely rare, and a few other dates outside the regal years, which I will leave outside the scope of this simple web page. I do dabble with George II issues but consider myself only a novice at best, so I will not attempt to explain those here, but will supply a few images. Generally speaking, though, they are much scarcer then the George III counterfeit issues. I also �dabble� with the contemporary Irish counterfeit issues. I�ll include a few examples just for comparison purposes but the text will have to wait. These, too, are generally considered scarcer than the British George III counterfeits but probably not as scarce as the British George II�s. I also do not plan on going too deeply into counterfeit farthings but think you should know that they exist as well, and so will also include a few images of those. I will keep the scope of my webpage to die stuck counterfeits, as the cast types are a whole other issue, again, in which I�m weak at the moment. Listed below are a few of my favorites. Just click the date to see an image. You�ll notice I make reference to �Families;� these are groups of counterfeits that have one or more attributes or design elements in common with another counterfeit, or a group of counterfeit halfpence that have an overall similar �look� that leads us to believe that they were made by the same people. Here are some of my favorite counterfeits from this period, one of each date, and Regales for comparison. Click on the date to see the image and use your browsers back button to return to this page. 1769. Non-regal date. Part of a family called Pinheads. 1770. This is from a family Called Coin �X�. 1770. Counterfeit. 1770. Regal for comparison. 1771. Ctft. Large head. The obverse of this one is know with a sub-Evasion dated 1794. 1771. Counterfeit. With capital 'J's' in date for '1's'. 1771. Ctft. Rare Type with inverted 'A' used for 'V' in GEORGIVS 1771. Regal for comparison. 1772. Ctft. Lollipop tree. A rather crude example. 1772. Regal for comparison. 1773. Counterfeit. A very high-grade forgery of good style. 1773. Counterfeit. Another example, high grade but cruder. 1773. Counterfeit. Crude Type, esp. Reverse. 1773. Regal for comparison. 1774. This is from a family Called Coin �Y�. 1774. Counterfeit. Crude Type, esp. Reverse. 1774. Regal for comparison. 1775. A rather crude example. 1775. Another rather crude type. Take special note of Britannia�s face. 1775. Yet another. This one being the extremely crude Simian type. 1775. Counterfeit. Crude Type. 1775. Counterfeit. High grade. 1775. Counterfeit. Crude Type. (AK-9). 1775. Regal for comparison. 1776. From a family related to the Evasion Atkins 232 1776. Another from a branch of the same family. But with that magic date. 1776. Another from a branch of the same family. But with that magic date. 1776. Counterfeit. Stand alone Type. 1781. A very rare date. |
