Thanks for looking. I found this cast counterfeit King George II Half Pence on Sunday. I was detecting an old colonial cellar hole with Danny (Del), Rick and Ron, and, interestingly, three coppers were found with two of them being counterfeit. We hit several sites and hiked for many miles only to find the best site at the end of the day. That was ok because we munched on Danny's home made beef jerky to fortify ourselves for the hike.
This is my very first cast counterfeit colonial copper. It appears as if the counterfeiter did not align the mold correctly as you can see a "rim" of poured metal on the reverse in the date area. I found it with my new AT Max but checked it on the MXT Pro and it rang up low (50). I have done quite a bit of reading since finding the coin and, apparently, cast colonial counterfeits are much rarer in relation to the struck counterfeits.
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