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Br. 876. Off-metal Mayflower halfpenny.

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:90.00 CAD Estimated At:180.00 - 220.00 CAD
Br. 876.  Off-metal Mayflower halfpenny.
SOLD
100.00CAD+ buyer's premium (20.00)
This item SOLD at 2020 Oct 01 @ 22:21UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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CH NS-5A2. Attributed by CCCS as brass, XRF results show a more interesting story: Cu 79.95%, Sn 12.96%, Zn 6.04%, Pb 1.05%. The copper content is a marked departure from the 95% expected in a bronze piece of the period, but tin as the second most plentiful element in the alloy makes this piece an abnormally low-copper (and high-tin) bronze, rather than brass (in which zinc would be the second most plentiful element.) An unusual off-metal alloy that only reinforces the need for more study of the mayflower pieces. CCCS F-12.