1760 Voce Populi Halfpenny

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1760 VOCE POPULI HALFPENNY - NELSON 8

Rarity: Very Rare

Metal content: Copper

Edge: Plain

Mintmark: None

Notes:
The Stack's "Spence" sale offered a cast counterfeit Nelson 8 Halfpenny which, in reality, was a Nelson 15! This coin is now in the Dr. Nelson collection at Colonial Williamsburg.

Sources and/or recommended reading:
"Descriptions Of Die Varieties" by Zelinka, The Colonial Newsletter, October 1976, pages 559-564

Posting by Stan Stephens at colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, August 8, 2003, Message 2

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