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[edit]| Medieval imitiation coin | |||
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All rights reserved, Amy Downes, 2012-03-13 15:42:15 |
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Medieval imitiation coin |
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| Description |
English: A silver Post Medieval coin which was clearly not intended for circulation as money, because it has two obverses, but which would presumably not have passed as a counterfeit. It is imitating a coin of Henry VII, but it does not match any known coin type. It appears that each face was struck from a different die, one from the Canterbury mint, so it is not a straightforward brockage.
Paul Withers comments that it is "a good counterfeit, an accurate enough legend and the dies made with proper punches. Whoever made it had had not only skill, but had had lots of practice, and access to a good workshop." He also suggests that it could have been used for a heads or tails scam! Although the coin looks to date from about 1475 - 1525, it is also possible that it is a modern imitation. The coin is bent and there are a couple of chips in the edge. |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) North Yorkshire | ||
| Date | between 1475 and 1525 | ||
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FindID: 493652 Old ref: SWYOR-F6A184 Filename: double_obverse_coin.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/373793 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/373793/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/493652 |
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| current | 09:19, 1 February 2017 | | 519 × 300 (44 KB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | Portable Antiquities Scheme, SWYOR, FindID: 493652, medieval, page 291, batch North+Yorkshire count 105 |
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