COUNTERFEIT cf. GENUINE
RICHMOND ? forgery. C.30/P.122. pm=annulet. 5/5 jewels.? Reads CARA. Generally F replaces E in ET and REX.. Believed to have been produced by forgers using redundant James I punches, minus the O or E. Several different privy mark versions exist. Continue reading Richmond Forgery
COUNTERFEIT cf. GENUINE
RICHMOND ? forgery. C.73..pm= double rose. Beaded harp. Poor crowns and harp. Uneven lettering Continue reading Richmond Type 4 Forgery
COUNTERFEIT cf. GENUINE
MALTRAVERS 1 ? forgery.C.79/P.233. pm=woolpack/none.? Poor crowns and letters. Reversed N in FRAN. Listed by Peck as ?possible forgery? Continue reading Maltravers 1 Forgery
COUNTERFEIT cf. GENUINE
MALTRAVERS 2 ? forgery. C.80/P.234.pm=bell/bell. Incorrect type of bell, colon stops instead of a.s.p. Poor crowns. Listed by Peck as genuine. Continue reading Maltravers 2 Forgery
COUNTERFEIT cf. GENUINE
MALTRAVERS 3 ? forgery.C.90/P.257.pm=cross pat?e fitch?e/bell. Colon stops instead of a.s.p. Incorrect crowns. Listed by Peck as genuine. Continue reading Maltravers 3 Forgery
COUNTERFEIT cf. GENUINE
ROSE ? forgery. C.93B. Reversed N in FRAN. pm=crescent/crescent. Obverse crown over-tall, reverse too small.? No brass wedge. Continue reading Rose Forgery
COUNTERFEIT cf. GENUINE
ROSE ? forgery. C.94A. pm=none?/crescent. Reads CAROIVS. With brass wedge. Poor, uneven lettering. Incorrect style crowns. Continue reading Rose Forgery 2
COUNTERFEIT cf. GENUINE
ROSE ? forgery. C.96. copy of type 4b, P.340. pm=crescent/crescent.? Crowns are incorrect, and letter spacing wrong. N.b. The brass insert does not appear on both sides of the coin. Continue reading Rose Forgery 3
COUNTERFEIT cf. GENUINE
LENNOX ? forgery. C.16/P.89. pm=pierced star (spur rowel?) Plain-fronted harp instead of eagle-headed. Listed by Peck as genuine, but believed to have originated in The Low Countries. Note crown circlet jewels! Continue reading Lennox Forgery
These transitional farthings were produced for a short period either at the end of the Richmond patent, or at the beginning of Maltravers one. They used similar legends to the Richmond coins, but the more ornate crowns and harp design? later used on the Maltravers pieces. Two privy marks exist – a harp and a pierced quatrefoil, positioned at 12.00 o?clock on the obverse. The former have an unrotated die axis ? the latter, rotated. Always 6 strings (not 7 as stated in Peck)
Illustrated? E.124a/P.229. pm=quatrefoil. C.1634. (C) ef (Thames-washed)
