{"id":10297,"date":"2017-12-09T11:32:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T16:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/?p=10297"},"modified":"2017-12-11T04:47:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T09:47:53","slug":"two-halfs-dont-make-a-hoard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/?p=10297","title":{"rendered":"two halfs don&#8217;t make a hoard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"top\" \/>Today I braved the cold for an hour or so and found two Half Pennies within 50 feet of each other.\u00a0 One is a George the Fifth from 1931 and the other his son, George the Sixth, circa 1944. Here&#8217;s how they&#8217;ve faired over 70-80 years in the soil:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10299\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/?attachment_id=10299\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twohalfs.png\" data-orig-size=\"320,162\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"twohalfs\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twohalfs.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10299 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twohalfs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twohalfs.png 320w, https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twohalfs-250x127.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s how they looked newly circulated:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10298\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/?attachment_id=10298\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twwogeorges.png\" data-orig-size=\"319,202\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"twwogeorges\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twwogeorges.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10298 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twwogeorges.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"319\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twwogeorges.png 319w, https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/twwogeorges-223x141.png 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They could have been dropped by the same person, but we&#8217;ll never know&#8230; Still interesting to find two different\u00a0<b>ha&#8217;pennies<\/b>\u00a0on the same visit that are also two different\u00a0kings, and both a &#8216;George.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The reverse of George VI&#8217;s coin has the Golden Hind on it:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10296\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/?attachment_id=10296\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7261.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"588,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_7261\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7261.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-10296 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/vrharbor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_7261-588x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I braved the cold for an hour or so and found two Half Pennies within 50 feet of each other.\u00a0 One is a George the Fifth from 1931 and the other his son, George the Sixth, circa 1944. 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