The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 1, January 2, 2005, Article 8

BOONSBORO COPPER MORE RARE THAN FIRST THOUGHT

  Regarding the item about the copper coin discovered while
  renovating a 200-year-old tavern in Maryland, John
  Kraljevich writes: "You don't miss much, even numismatic 
  news out of humble Hagerstown!

  For those who click on the link you provided, you'll 
  actually see that the coin found was a reasonably decent 
  1775 Machin's Mills halfpenny -- worth a lot more than 
  the $5-10 I suggested when contacted by the reporter. 
  There was no photo available at the time, but as it 
  turned out the coin was an American-made counterfeit, 
  which on a 1775 is something of a long shot."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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