forgery?

[hoggy 0]

I have a geoIII coin that looks like two stuck together! any ideas is it kosha or not?

[Rob 3,152]

I have a geoIII coin that looks like two stuck together! any ideas is it kosha or not?

It's kosher. It's a security edge incorporated into the coin when it was struck to help prevent forgeries. Boulton & Watt were quite keen to prevent forgeries because since the early years of the reign of George III, counterfeit halfpennies and farthings accounted for a majority of the coinage.

[Peckris 579]

I have a geoIII coin that looks like two stuck together! any ideas is it kosha or not?

Yes it's kosher - the milled edge on George III coppers (1806-7) has that somewhat strange appearance. It is a bit like two coins stuck together, and the experiment seems to have been abandoned shortly after. But it is actually just the way they milled the edge, using a collar when the coin was struck.