1672 farthing, real or contemporary counterfeit

[sagittarius98]

Coin is about half a gram underweight, but the pitting could contribute to that. But some of the details seem wrong like the position of the second O in CAROLO or the spacing of the date. If anyone is an expert on old British coppers it would be good to know if this is a fake or an authentic one. I have heard this type had lots of contemporary fakes.

 

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[Bramblefind]

It looks good to me I haven't heard of any contemporary counterfeits of the Charles II farthings. It wouldn't surprise me but I think they would be rare (and probably quite collectible too).

 

[sagittarius98]

Thanks, I did see mention of counterfeits but didn't really see examples of any online, so perhaps they are rare. Good to know this is likely just a variety and not a counterfeit.

 

[ToastedWheatie]

Did you dig this?

 

[unclemac]

look under the catagory "evasion token". copper tokens that emulated coinage were not illegal in the day and were needed for the everyday man.

 

[sagittarius98]

Did you dig this?

Sadly not, it came from a collection I purchased.

 

[CRUSADER]

Real but in bad shape.