1720 British Farthing Counter_strike

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ntexasteve New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 03/20/2020 2:46 pm I have a 1720 Farthing (KM556) which is Counter Struck over the face of King George I,it appears to be a rose with 6 pedals & "W.BR" below the rose Could somebody help me identify this coin Edited by ntexasteve 03/20/2020 9:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Collector28 Valued Member United Kingdom 251 Posts	Posted 03/20/2020 4:30 pm Photos will be needed to help identify the coin :) Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 03/20/2020 4:31 pm Yes, pics please. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
Collector28 Valued Member United Kingdom 251 Posts	Posted 03/21/2020 06:22 am Thinking this could be a countermark to promote somebody's business. Report this Post to the Staff
ntexasteve New Member United States 25 Posts	Posted 03/22/2020 6:04 pm I added the two pics Report this Post to the Staff
Anaximander Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 709 Posts	Posted 03/23/2020 07:20 am There was a WILLIAM BRISCOE & SON, merchants, trading in Sheffield ( Yorkshire ), during the 1840's. The white rose is the badge of Yorkshire, although it has only 5 leaves and this counterstamp has 6. There is a counterstamped 1806 halfpenny listed as coming from this company, with a different design based just on text. Pure speculation on my part, but could somebody like this be the origin of your coin? Report this Post to the Staff
Princetane Pillar of the Community 4628 Posts	Posted 03/24/2020 03:43 am Briscoes became a huge presence in Australia and New Zealand and were known to have been trading in Bristol as far back as 1750 and some rumours say they were selling trade goods and shipping slaves to British colonies in the Caribbean. However there is no proof this coin is theirs and any evidence they were counterstamping copper coin. There were copper tokens between 1648 and 1670 and again from 1785 to about 1815 - so for a coin dated 1720 to be counterstruck seems strange. Defacing coin of the realm was a hangable offense in 18th century Britain and especially on the monarch. It may even be trench art or a love token. Still interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
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