Counterfeit Elizabeth I Halfpenny

[Coinery 1,166]

Happy New Year everyone.

See a good number of these around. Contemporary I’d think, certainly not Crown coinage.

eBay 353313505402

 

[copper123 1,523]

Portcullis looks wrong , but otherside is quite convincing .

[Michael-Roo 781]

Agreed.

 

Oh, and happy new year to you too Stu. Long time no see etc.

[copper123 1,523]

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 .

[Coinery 1,166]

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

[Coinery 1,166]

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