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COIN
Unique ID: NARC-7BDB37
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy George II halfpenny, heavily counterstamped with a flower. 1775.
Obverse: laureate bust right GEORGIVS III REX
Reverse: Britannia seated left BRITANNIA
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1775
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.37 g
Diameter: 28 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Category: Modern
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
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