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UNITED STATES: AE halfpenny, 1787, PCGS graded AU details

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UNITED STATES: AE halfpenny, 1787, PCGS graded AU details
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UNITED STATES: AE halfpenny, 1787, Vlack-21-87D, Machin's Mills issue, lightly cleaned and nicely retoned, PCGS graded AU details. Coppers of this type are thought to have been minted from mid-1787 through 1788 and probably into 1789. Interestingly, it appears Thomas Machin first produced halfpence dated to the contemporary year as well as examples backdated to 1778. As the mints in Connecticut, New Jersey and Vermont failed, their equipment ended up at Machin's Mills. Along with imitation British halfpence Machin's Mills also produced illegal Connecticut coppers and some legal Vermont Coppers, with most of their Vermont coins being struck over counterfeit Irish halfpence. The illegal coining operation continued at Machin's Mills until around early 1790, which was longer than any of the legal mints in New England.