Contemporary Counterfeits

A 1817 sixpence - and a new die pair for my collection. All dies I've seen (3 obverses and 3 reverses) of this year seems to be made by the same engraver. It is somewhat a mystery that no milled counterfeit 1820 sixpence has shown up so far - counterfeit shillings and halfcrowns dated 1820 are common so one wonders why no sixpences seems to have been made?

A 1 cent counterfeit in brass from Straits Settlements

And another example from France, a Decime of year 7 (1789/90) in cast brass

@davidrj
The Napoleon 10 centimes looks very interesting. If there's so many counterfeits of this type it should make for an exciting study.

@Medieval
Is that a cast counterfeit? Obverse is same design as the Irish Bank Tokens of which I have a few counterfeit examples (both milled and cast).

This one was in the mail yesterday. A 1645 Charles I halfcrown (Eye mintmark). Outside my field really but the price was low (£13½ postage included). Wonder if its a cast from a slightly later period? - like late 17Ct just before the recoinage.

My second milled counterfeit 1806 Irish ten pence bank token only -and a different die pair. Still haven't seen an 1806 five pence though...

Prices vary extremely from issue to issue just like genuine coins. The British ones I collect are however in most cases cheaper than the genuine coins.

Necro bump? Okay I'll bite:

France 10 centimes, "1810 A"



This is much better than most contemporary fake 10 centimes of the era. Trouble is, Paris (mintmark A) didn't make 10 centime coins in 1810 (save possibly for 1-5 assay pieces; I have found conflicting reports).

My 2
1754 Farthing ----CAST ?





1775 Farthing --- weight only 2.7 grams and very thin