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George II half penny.
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Please note: This forum is intended for accounts of your day's detecting and finds, etc. If you require an identification of your finds, please use our Finds Identification facility. Any replies here offering a ID will be removed. George II half penny.Hello,
This is the latest eyes only find from the Thames foreshore, I know it's only a George copper, but the detail is amazing. There is one thing that seems unusual though, the gap between the R and the E in Rex seems much bigger than in the Spink book.......or is it me  Thanks for looking. Dean   Deus lite
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Nice find, think the distance between the letters depends on whether its a young or old head issue
 History is never black & white, just shades of grey
Cheers Owain, it's an old head issue(last year of copper minting) Dean Deus lite
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Hello Deano,
I had a George II half penny (old head) and your R does look further away than the one I had. I still have a photo of it (below). Can't find any info on this, so a bit odd. Very nice find, and very good detail.  Not saving for an XP DEUS.
Cheers C, yours looks like it should according to Spink, it's very confusing  Deus lite
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My mistake Deano, I recieved my spinks book today in the post and realised my coin is a farthing not a half penny. So maybe that's why they are different. No half pennys were dated 1741. rl;
Not saving for an XP DEUS.
I don't know about the letter spacing Deano but will be interesting to see if anyone can shed light on it. The condition is superb and that's what makes the Thames foreshore a very special place to search. There must be other tidal foreshores around the UK but apart from the Humber don't seem to hear about them.
I agree Stratman, any sizeable river must have had human activity around it in history. Or there keeping it secret  .Cheers Dean Deus lite
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