Coinery Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 Happy New Year everyone. See a good number of these around. Contemporary I’d think, certainly not Crown coinage. eBay 353313505402 Quote
copper123 Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 Portcullis looks wrong , but otherside is quite convincing . 2 Quote
Michael-Roo Posted January 14, 2021 Posted January 14, 2021 Agreed. Oh, and happy new year to you too Stu. Long time no see etc. 1 Quote
copper123 Posted January 15, 2021 Posted January 15, 2021 Either its a china copy (which means its recent ) or a hoard of contemp forgeries has turned up . I would guess if its base silver the latter is more likely . Quote
Coinery Posted January 15, 2021 Author Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, copper123 said: Either its a china copy (which means its recent ) or a hoard of contemp forgeries has turned up . I would guess if its base silver the latter is more likely . Just for clarification, when I say ‘I’ve seen a good number of these around,’ I mean a good number of types of counterfeit E1 halfpennies. There may also be a lot of this particular type around, I don’t know for sure because I haven’t had my eye on it for a couple of years! This one’s for sale by John Newman...IIRC he’s previously had other counterfeit (contemporary or otherwise) hammered for sale, and I think the idea was at the time that they were pretty obvious and he ought to know better. I’ll see if I can track that conversation down...otherwise I’ll have to retract this paragraph. Edited January 15, 2021 by Coinery Quote
Coinery Posted January 15, 2021 Author Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) Found it...it’s the same one he had for sale early last year. http://www.predecimal.com/forum/topic/13607-counterfeit-elizabeth-i-halfpenny/?tab=comments#comment-190324 Edited January 15, 2021 by Coinery Quote
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