A VERY CRUDE & WONDERFUL ´IMMITATION´ or ´BUNG TOWN´ 1775 HALFPENNY OF GEORGE III.

 A VERY CRUDE & WONDERFUL "IMMITATION" or "BUNGTOWN" 1775 HALFPENNY OF GEORGE III. 

This type widely circulated in the early Colonial USA.
Made in both England and America these crude and early forgeries of the George III regal halfpenny coinage are highly collectable. 
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(Missing N in BRITAN(N)IA ) 

A VERY CRUDE & WONDERFUL ´IMMITATION´ or ´BUNG TOWN´ 1775 HALFPENNY OF GEORGE III. 

 

 

A VERY CRUDE & WONDERFUL ´IMMITATION´ or ´BUNG TOWN´ 1775 HALFPENNY OF GEORGE III.

  

 ( A Genuine coin shown below for comparison. )  

About VF or better for issue and crudely struck on a very underweight and thin planchet. Hard glossy surfaces and one of the crudest portraits.

 UK£225      US$355

 

 

    

A VERY CRUDE & WONDERFUL ´IMMITATION´ or ´BUNG TOWN´ 1775 HALFPENNY OF GEORGE III.

A VERY CRUDE & WONDERFUL ´IMMITATION´ or ´BUNG TOWN´ 1775 HALFPENNY OF GEORGE III.
£225 (US$355)

A VERY CRUDE & WONDERFUL "IMMITATION" or "BUNGTOWN" 1775 HALFPENNY OF GEORGE III. This type widely circulated in the early Colonial USA. Made in both England and America these crude and early forgeries of the George III regal halfpenny coinage are highly collectable.