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Description: | An evasive halfpenny (evasion) in the style of a George II halfpenny, dated 1771. The obverse inscription is, "GUSTAVUS [A]DOLPH(U)S" rather than "GEORGIVS II REX", and the reverse inscription is, "BRITAI[N RUL]ES" rather than "BRITANNIA", as on official halfpennies of George II. The evasive halfpenny described in this record is as evasion reference 396 in Withers (2004, p11), "Evasions as listed in The Tradesmen's tokens of the Eighteenth Century by James Atkins 1892".In the late 18th century, due to the shortage of minted copper coins, unofficial copies were in wide circulation (Source: David Symons, pers.comm.). If a piece was not an exact copy of a regal issue, it was not judged to be a forgery (Withers, 2004, p1). These items are termed evasions, which imitate the shape, size and type of the regal coin, but not the exact legend (ibid. p1).
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