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« on: April 17, 2011, 07:39:39 PM »
hello peeps,went to lougher estuary after work friday night and dug up this forged george 3rd half guinea ,bit gutted its not original but still a cracker  Smiley check the date ,100 years out lol.nice coin though

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« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2011, 07:48:36 PM »
Mike it's probably not a "forgery" as such, the date legalises it as not an intentional copy. It's more than likely a gaming counter. They do turn up quite often. Still a nice and interesting find though, well done.
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« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2011, 07:58:41 PM »
i tend to agree chef ......
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« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2011, 08:45:01 PM »
Nice find Mike - whether a forgery or a gaming counter - still an interesting item.
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« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2011, 08:53:18 PM »
Nice one Mike.  I was going to say SNAP but I can see some differences.

When I found mine I took it to Birmingham Museum and they confirmed it was a forgery. I found out some time later that they were in fact forgeries passed off as gaming tokens. The way they got around the forgery was to stamp diliberate differenes to the original.  They penalty for forgery was DEATH.

Check mine out.

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« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2011, 01:36:42 AM »
Well done Mike a cracking coin, Id be well pleased with that  Wink
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« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2011, 05:46:09 AM »
cheers peeps ,yours looks exactly like mine val lol  Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2011, 11:45:49 AM »
Keep them coming Mikey - good for you pet  Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2011, 11:50:34 AM »
Hi Mike
Yes it does look like yours but the lettering is different. Pici is a bit blurry, sorry.
Does proove there were a few forgers around though.

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« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2011, 08:38:27 AM »
you have to take your hat off to these forgers they were very good and if they got caught oooh not nice  Shocked
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« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2011, 10:45:06 AM »
Didn't they kill them if caught Mikey?Huh
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« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2011, 01:11:59 PM »
If they were caught they had thier heads chopped off. Shocked

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« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2011, 09:47:04 AM »
i believe the did come to a drastic end.saw an old notice in a pub once that showed a guy had been hanged for it and another for poaching. Shocked
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