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Danelaw

Mudlarking find

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Had this coin up from the Thames. I don't know where to start to be honest. Any pointers anyone? It's 20mm and silver

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Looks like a Venetian soldino, but 6mm too large...

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I can sort of see a bust facing George 111 type and IA (of Britannia ?) Mystified !!!!

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It's infuriating to be honest. It does look like Britannia on the reverse.

I have a Roman intaglio ring to take to the Museum of London that I found on the river. I shall take the coin maybe the coin expert will fathom it

 

Appreciate the replies.

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Maybe it's a pattern / private token of Charles II - they were issued in Roman armour ?

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I would have possible guessed at it being a counterfeit farthing, but the silver aspect makes that highly unlikely....definitely silver?

However I am also sure I have seen a farthing token with a similar bust on it...but it escapes me at the moment.

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34 minutes ago, Colin G. said:

I would have possible guessed at it being a counterfeit farthing, but the silver aspect makes that highly unlikely....definitely silver?

Do counterfeit farthings exist Colin? Seems a very strange denomination to forge - more trouble than it's worth, surely? :huh:

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LOVE TOKEN?

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9 hours ago, mrbadexample said:

Do counterfeit farthings exist Colin? Seems a very strange denomination to forge - more trouble than it's worth, surely? :huh:

Yes....Big time,George 111 1775 is an extremely common date. Don't forget at the time it was the lowest denomination circulating coin and the value was in the cu.There was also a shortage of these coins so needs must....hence lighter counterfeits. 

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9 hours ago, Peter said:

Yes....Big time,George 111 1775 is an extremely common date. Don't forget at the time it was the lowest denomination circulating coin and the value was in the cu.There was also a shortage of these coins so needs must....hence lighter counterfeits. 

Thanks Peter. It seems odd, to me, that they would choose the lowest denomination. I suppose it's relative to the buying power at the time, and how common the coin was in circulation?

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Just search evasion farthings or colonial farthings as well, it is a period that was rife with counterfeits, but unless the coin in question was tin or some other base metal combination it would not really make much logical sense

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