CONTEMPORARY FORGERIES / COUNTERFEITS OF JAMES.1 &
CHARLES.1 ENGLISH HAMMERED FARTHINGS


Many varied contemporary forgeries / counterfeits exist of the James.1 and Charles.1 English hammered farthings.
Identifying them is not always easy particularly with the contentious ones. All the examples on this web page are relatively easy to spot, I say easy but if it is not known what a genuine one should look like it can be near impossible. For this reason a genuine farthing image can be viewed on the same page as the forgery image to show the differences, though not necessarily depicting an equivalent privy mark.
Mentioned earlier was the avoidance so far of the very difficult to identify forgeries, since there are no records surviving, at least none have yet come to light, depicting the mintage and various types actually produced.
This site does by no means seek to glorify forgeries but it is felt they should be identified where possible.



Punctuations where present are represented by standard keyboard characters.
The semi colon is used for apostrophie stop
The stop is only represented at the bottom, although sometimes it is in the middle or top
The squiggle (Tilde) is used to represent the privy mark crescent, on the reverse where necessary


The Forgery number is for my identification
First digit the Monarch (J). Second digit the Patentee (L). Next five digits identifying the coin by for example the privy mark (RosDo) ie Rose, double. Last three digits being the sequential number (001).

Tables below contain forgery details.
This collation does not contain any Harington forgeries, nor have I ever seen any but have been assured they exist.
Table 1 shows forgeries of James.1 Lennox farthings.
Table 2 shows forgeries of Charles.1 Richmond farthings
Table 3 shows single mule forgery of Richmond / Maltravers.
Table 4 shows forgeries of Maltravers farthings.
Table 5 shows forgeries of Charles.1 Rose farthings.


Click on the Forgery Number column of Table 1
to view the coin

TABLE 1 - James.1 Lennox Farthing Forgeries

Face Legends Forgery Pointers Forgery Number
  Obv


  Rev
 IACO : D : G . MAG : BRIT .

 FRA : ET . HIB : REX .
 Shapely crown, poor on detail
 Uneven lettering, large stops
 Unrecognised privy mark

 Squarish crown, no detail, 7 jewels
 Poor harp, little detail, uneven strings
 Lettering with large stops
 JLAnvil001
  Obv


  Rev
 IACO : D . G : MAG : BRIT :

 FRA . ET : HIB : R _ _
 Crown detail not good, 6 jewels
 Uneven lettering
 Sceptres and pm reasonable

 Poor crown design with 7 jewels
 Blundered harp, only 3 strings
 Uneven and scattered lettering
 JLDaggU001
  Obv


  Rev
 IACO : D G MAG : BRIT :

 FRA : _T HIB _EX
 Poor crown design, lacking detail
 Uneven lettering
 Sceptres in line but lacking detail

 Poor crown design
 Blundered harp
 Uneven and scattered lettering
 JLDaggU005
  Obv


  Rev
 IACO : D : G : MAG : BRIT :

 FRA : ET HIB : REX .
 Crude crown with 7 jewels, large Orb cross
 Pm Lis of poor design, not recorded
 Sceptre handles offset from heads

 Crown with 7 jewels, large Orb cross
 Poor harp, strange eagles head
 Uneven lettering
 JLLis1L001
  Obv


  Rev
 IACO : D : G : MAG : BRIT :

 FRA : ET HIB : REX .
 Crown with 6 jewels, large Orb cross
 Pm Lis of poor design, not recorded
 Sceptre handles offset from heads

 Crown with 7 jewels, large Orb cross
 Poor harp, strange eagles head
 Uneven lettering
 JLLis1L002
  Obv


  Rev
 IACO : D : G : MAG : BRIT :

 FRA : ET HIB : REX .
 Large crude crown with 7 jewels
 Pm Lis of poor design, not recorded
 Sceptre handles offset from heads

 Large crude crown with 7 jewels
 Poor harp detail, vertical strings
 Uneven lettering
 JLLis1L003
  Obv


  Rev
 IACO : D : G : MAG : BRIT :

 FRA : ET HIB : REX .
 Large crude crown with 7 jewels
 Pm Lis of poor design, not recorded
 Sceptre handles offset from heads

 Large crude crown with 5 jewels
 Poor harp detail, near vertical strings
 Uneven lettering
 JLLis1L004
  Obv


  Rev
 IACO : D : G MAG : BRIT :

 FRA : ET : HIB : REX .
 Blundered crown with 4 jewels
 Pm Lis of poor design, not recorded
 Sceptre handles offset from heads

 Crude crown with 5 jewels
 Decent harp shape, but lacking detail
 More even lettering than on obverse
 JLLis1S001
  Obv


  Rev
 IACO : D : G : MAG . BRIT .

 FRA . ET HIB : RFX .
 Very crude crown with 9 jewels
 Uneven lettering
 Sceptres splayed and untidy

 Crude square crown with 8 jewels
 Crude harp lacking detail
 Uneven lettering, F for E in REX
 JLMascl001
  Obv


  Rev
 IACO : D G . MAG : BRIT :

 FRA ET HI : B RE : X
 Crown squarish with 5 jewels
 Uneven, some mishapen, lettering
 Sceptres reasonable

 Very crude crown with 6 jewels
 Very crude harp, only 4 strings
 Uneven lettering, punctuation erratic
 JLMascl002
  Obv


  Rev
 IACO : D : G . MAG : BRIT :

 FRA : ET : HIB : REX .
 Large shapeless crown with 9 jewels
 Crown lacking detail
 Sceptres reasonable

 Large shapeless crown with 7 jewels
 Crown lacking detail
 Harp lacking detail, near vertical strings
 JLMascl003
  Obv


  Rev
 IA _ _ _ _ MAG BRIT

 FRA ET HIB : REX
 Totally blundered crown
 Uneven and erratic lettering
 Only sceptre heads exist

 Almost non existant crown
 Very crude harp
 Uneven and erratic lettering
 JLMiscF001
  Obv


  Rev
 IACO : D G : MAG : BRI

 FRA : ET : HIB : REX
 Crude crown
 Uneven lettering
 Sceptre handles offset from heads

 Crude crown
 Crude harp

 JLRosDo001


Click on the Forgery Number column of Table 2
to view the coin

TABLE 2 - Charles.1 Richmond Farthing Forgeries

Face Legends Forgery Pointers Forgery Number
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRI

 FRA : ET HIB : REX
 Crude crown lacking detail, 6 jewels
 Uneven lettering
 Poor sceptre handles

 Small crude crown, 6 jewels
 Poor harp design, wide spaced strings
 Uneven lettering
 CRAnnul001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO D G : MAG BRI :

 FRA : ET HIB : REX
 Crude crown, stumpy sceptre handles
 Poor design, of pm Cross calvary
 Uneven lettering, lack of punctuation

 Crude crown, poor detail
 Poor harp design, lacking in detail
 Uneven lettering
 CRCrsCa001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO D : G : MAG : BRIT .

 FRA . ET HIB . REX .
 Large square crown, poor detail
 Uneven lettering
 Legend reads BRIT for BRI

 Crude squarish crown, lacking detail
 Harp design, lacking in detail
 Uneven lettering
 CRCrsPa003
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRIT :

 . FRA : ET HIB : REX .
 Crude crown, poor detail
 Uneven lettering
 Legend reads BRIT for BRI

 Crude crown, poor detail
 Harp design, lacking in detail
 Uneven lettering
 CRCrsPa004
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D G MAG : BRI

 FRA : ET HIB : REX
 Crude small crown, 6 jewels
 Large, poor design, of pm Cross
 Uneven lettering

 Crude crown, poor detail
 Poor harp design, lacking in detail
 Uneven lettering
 CRCrsPa009
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D G MAG : BRIT

 FRA : E _ _ IB : REX .
 Crude squarish crown, poor detail
 Uneven lettering
 Legend reads BRIT for BRI

 Crude crown, poor detail
 Harp design, lacking in detail
 Uneven lettering
 CRCrsPa010
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAD BRI

 FRA : ET HIB REX
 Crude squarish crown, poor detail
 Bogus pm not recorded for Charles
 Uneven lettering D for G in MAG

 Crude squarish crown, poor detail
 Crude harp design, poor detail
 Uneven lettering
 CRCrsPaF001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRI

 FRA : ET . HIB : REX
 Crude crown lacking detail, 5 jewels
 Uneven lettering
 Stumpy sceptre handles

 Small crude crown, 5 jewels
 Poor harp design, lacking detail
 Uneven lettering
 CRCrsPt001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRI

 FRA : ET HIB : REX
 Small crown, poor detail, 7 jewels
 Uneven lettering
 Poor sceptre detail

 Small crown, poor detail, 6 jewels
 Crude harp design, only 4 strings
 Uneven lettering
 CRCrsSa001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D _ _ _G : BRIT .

 FRA : ET _ _ B : REX
 Crown lacking good detail, 10 jewels
 Legend reads BRIT for BRI
 Uneven lettering

 Crown lacking good detail, 10 jewels
 Reasonable harp but lacks detail

 CRDaggU001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRIT

 FRA : ET : HIB : REX
 Poor quality crown lacking detail
 Legend reads BRIT for BRI
 Uneven lettering

 Poor quality crown lacking detail
 Poor quality harp lacking good detail
 Uneven lettering
 CRDaggU002
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D . G . MAG . BRI

 FRA : ET . HIB : REX
 Poor quality crown, 10 jewels
 Bogus pm flower is not recorded
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Poor quality crown, 7 jewels
 Poor quality harp, strings off vertical
 Untidy lettering
 CRFlowr001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRI :

 FRA : ET HIB : REX
 Crown lacking good detail
 Bogus pm, if flower, is not recorded
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Poor quality crown, 7 jewels
 Poor quality harp, strings off vertical
 Uneven, untidy lettering
 CRFlowr002
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D G MAG . BRI .

 FRA : ET HIB : REX
 Crude crown and sceptre lis
 Crude bogus pm, flower not recorded
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Poor quality crude crown
 Poor quality knob type harp
 Uneven, untidy lettering
 CRFlowr003
  Obv


  Rev
 : CARA : O D G MAG : BRIT

 FRA : ET : HIB : REX
 Crude fancy crown, 6 jewels
 CARA with BRIT is correct
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Poor quality crown, 7 jewels
 Skimpy harp, badly positioned
 Slightly uneven lettering
 CRFusil001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D G . MAG : BRIT

 FRA : ET : HIB : REX
 Crown lacking detail, 10 jewels
 Bogus pm, Key is not recorded
 Legend reads BRIT for BRI

 Large crude crown, 10 jewels
 Skimpy harp, near vertical strings
 Slightly uneven lettering
 CRKeyH002
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G . MAG : BRI

 FRA ET . HIB : REX .
 Crown, crude simple and squarish
 Bogus pm, Key is not recorded
 Uneven scrawly lettering

 Crown crude but better than Obv
 Eagle harp, crude with vertical strings
 Slightly uneven lettering
 CRKeyH004
  Obv


  Rev
 CCARO : D : G : MAG : BRI

 FRA : ET HIB : REX
 Crown barely passable
 Blundered legend, double C in CARO
 Crude pm. Uneven lettering

 Large crude crown, 8 jewels
 Crude harp lacking detail, near vertical strings
 Uneven and irregular lettering
 CRLeaf001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRI

 FRA . ET . HIB : REX
 Crown lacking detail, 7 jewels
 Bogus pm, Lis, small is not recorded
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Small crude crown, 5 jewels
 Harp lacking detail, 51/2 strings
 Uneven lettering
 CRLis1S001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BR

 FRA : ET HIB . RE
 Crude crown lacking detail
 Bogus pm, Lis, small is not recorded
 Space left only for BR at end of legend

 Small crude crown, 5 jewels
 Harp lacking detail, 51/2 strings
 Space left only for RE at end of legend
 CRLis1S002
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRI

 FRA . ET . HIB : REX
 Crown lacking detail, 7 jewels
 Bogus pm, Lis, small is not recorded
 Uneven lettering

 Small crude crown, 5 jewels
 Harp lacking detail, 51/2 strings
 Uneven lettering
 CRLis1S003
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G MAG : BRI

 FRA . ET . HIB : RE
 Crown lacking detail
 Bogus pm, Lis, small is not recorded
 Uneven lettering and punctuation

 Small crude crown, 5 jewels
 Harp with 51/2 strings
 Space left only for RE at end of legend
 CRLis1S004
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRI

 FRA : ET . HIB : RE
 Large crude crown, 6 jewels
 Bogus pm, Lis, small is not recorded
 Uneven lettering

 Crude crown, 5 jewels
 Messy and untidy harp
 Space left only for RE at end of legend
 CRLis1S005
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRI

 FRA . ET . HIB : RE
 Very crude crown having little detail
 Bogus pm, Lis, small is not recorded
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Crude crown
 Crude harp lacking detail
 Space left only for RE at end of legend
 CRLis1S012
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG . BRIT

 FRA . ET . HIB RE
 Large crude crown, 8 jewels
 Bogus pm, 2 Lis, is not recorded
 Legend reads BRIT for BRI

 Crude crown, 5 jewels
 Harp with 51/2 strings
 Space left only for RE at end of legend
 CRLis2A003
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D . G MAG : BRI

 FR . A . ET . HIB REX
 Smallish crown, 5 jewels
 Bogus pm, 2 Lis, is not recorded
 Uneven lettering

 Crude crown, 5 jewels
 Harp with 51/2 strings

 CRLis2V001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG BRI

 FRA . ET . HIB . REX
 Crude crown, 7 jewels
 Pm, 3 Lis, of crude design
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Crude crown, 5 jewels
 Harp with 51/2 strings
 Uneven lettering
 CRLis3T002
  Obv


  Rev
 CARA : D : G : MAG : BR

 FRA : ET : HIB : REX
 Large crude crown, 5 jewels
 Bogus pm, 3 dot, is not recorded
 Lack of space for legend, BR ilo BRI

 Very crude crown, 5 jewels
 Blunderd harp with no good detail
 Uneven and irregular lettering
 CRMiscD001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARA D : G : HIG : BR

 FRA ET : HIB : REX
 Large crude crown, 5 jewels
 Misspelling, HIG for MAG. Bogus pm
 Lack of space for legend, BR ilo BRI

 Very crude crown, 5 jewels
 Blundered harp with no good detail
 Uneven and irregular lettering
 CRMiscD002
  Obv


  Rev
 CIRI : D : _ : HI : BRI :

 FRI : I : TIIB : RIX
 Large crude crown, 5 jewels
 Bogus pm, 3 dot, is not recorded
 Misspelled legend, (I), for all vowels

 Very crude crown, 5 jewels
 Blundered harp with no good detail
 Misspelled legend, (I), for all vowels
 CRMiscD003
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRI :

 FRA : ET HIB : REX
 Large crude crown, 8 jewels
 Bogus pm, 4 marks, is not recorded
 Slightly uneven lettering

 Crude crown, 7 jewels
 Blundered harp, near vertical strings
 Uneven and irregular lettering
 CRMiscM001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO D : G MAG B

 FRA : ET HIB : REX
 Blundered crown, 7 jewels
 No pm, is not recorded
 Lack of space for legend, B ilo BRI

 Very crude crown, 8 jewels
 Poor harp design, lacking detail
 Uneven and irregular lettering
 CRMiscN001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G MAG : BRI :

 FRA : ET . HIB : R
 Very crude crown
 No pm, is not recorded
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Crude crown, 7 jewels
 Poor harp design, lacking detail
 Lack of space for legend, R ilo REX
 CRMiscN002
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : _ _ _ _ : _ RI

 FRA . ET : HIB : REX
 Very crude crown, 6 jewels
 No pm, is not recorded
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Crude crown, 5 jewels
 Poor harp design, lacking detail
 Uneven lettering
 CRMiscN003
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRIT :

 FRA . ET HI . B RE
 (B is reversed)
 Small crude crown, 4 jewels
 No pm, is not recorded
 Legend reads BRIT for BRI

 Small very crude crown, 5 jewels
 Poor harp design, lacking detail
 B of HIB reversed, RE ilo REX
 CRMiscN004
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO D : G : MAG : BRIT :

 FRA ET HIB : REX
 Very crude crown, 5 jewels
 No pm, is not recorded
 Legend start 240°, BRIT for BRI

 Very crude crown, 5 jewels
 Poor harp design, lacking detail
 Uneven and irregular lettering
 CRMiscN005
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRIT :

 FRA : ET : HIB : REX
 Crude crown, splayed sceptre handles
 Legend reads BRIT for BRI
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Crude crown design
 Blundered harp, 4 unevenly spaced strings
 Uneven and irregular lettering
 CRMiscU001
  Obv


  Rev
 FRA ET : HIBER : X
 (Reverse legend on Obverse)

 CARO : D G : MAG : BRIT  (Obverse legend on Reverse)
 Very crude crown, 5 jewels
 Sceptre handles offset from heads
 Blundered lettering, reverse legend

 Very crude crown, 6 strings
 Very poor harp design
 Uneven lettering, obverse legend
 CRRosDo001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRI

 FRA : ET HIB : REX
 Crude large crown
 Sceptre handles offset from heads
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Very crude large crown
 Poor harp design
 Uneven and irregular lettering
 CRRoseS001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARC : G : V : MAG : BRI :

 FRA : ET HIB : REX .
 Blundered crown, 4 jewels
 Misspelled legend, ie CARC : G : V
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Very crude crown
 Very crude harp design
 Uneven and irregular lettering
 CRShield001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRIT

 FRA : E_ _ _ _ REX
 Crude square crown
 Bogus pm, Tun, is not recorded
 Legend reads BRIT for BRI

 Crude square crown, 7 jewels
 Very crude harp design
 Uneven and irregular lettering
 CRTun001
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D G . MAG : BRIT

 FRA : ET : HIB : REX :
 Crude large crown, 10 jewels
 Bogus pm, Tun, is not recorded
 Legend reads BRIT for BRI

 Crude large squarish crown, 10 jewels
 Very crude harp design, 4 strings

 CRTun002
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D G _ _ _ : BRIT .

 FRA : ET : HIB : REX .
 Crude crown lacking detail
 Bogus pm, Tun ?, is not recorded
 Legend reads BRIT for BRI

 Crude square crown, 10 jewels
 Harp passable, strings messed up
 Even lettering although quite chunky
 CRTun003
  Obv


  Rev
 CARO : D : G : MAG : BRI

 FRA . ET HIB : REX
 Crown passable but lacking detail
 Bogus pm, Tun, is not recorded
 Crude and uneven lettering

 Squarish crown lacking detail
 Crude harp, strings not joined to frame
 Crude and uneven lettering
 CRTun004


Click on the Forgery Number column of Table 3
to view the coin

TABLE 3 - Charles.1 Maltravers / Richmond MULE Farthing Forgeries

Face Legends Forgery Pointers Forgery Number
  Obv


  Rev
 Richmond / Maltravers
 CAROLVS D : G MAG : BRIT .


 FRA : ET : HIB : REX .
 Crude crown, 5 jewels
 Crude inner beaded circle
 Uneven lettering

 Very crude crown
 Very crude harp design
 Slightly uneven lettering
 CR-MLisL001


Click on the Forgery Number column of Table 4
to view the coin

TABLE 4 - Charles.1 Maltravers Farthing Forgeries

Face Legends Forgery Pointers Forgery Number
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT

 FRAN : ET : HIB : REX
 Crude crown, lacking detail
 Crude pm, poor design of bell
 Uneven lettering

 Crude crown, lacking detail
 Crude harp, 5 vertical strings
 Slightly uneven lettering
 CMBe-Cr001
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS ; D ; G ; MAG ; BRIT

 FRAN ; ET ; HIB ; REX
 Well formed d/a crown, lacking full detail
 Crude pm, poor design of bell
 lettering presentable

 Well formed d/a crown, lacking full detail
 Harp presentable but only 5 strings
 Crude pm, poor design of bell
 CMBe-Be002
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS D : G MAG . BRI ;

 . FRAN ; ET . HIB ; REX . ~ .
 Crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Crude pm, poor design of bell
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Very crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Crude harp of poor design
 Uneven lettering. Pm bell passable
 CMBe-Be003
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT

 FRAN : ET . HIB : REX ~ .
 Very crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Crude pm, poor design of bell
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Very crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Passable harp, lacking detail
 Uneven lettering. Pm bell passable
 CMBe-Be004
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRI

 FRAN . ET . HIB : REX
 Very crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Crude pm, bell of poor design
 Uneven lettering

 Very crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Passable harp, lacking detail
 Crude pm, bell of poor design
 CMBe-Be005
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROL . VS : D : G : MAG : BRIT

 FRAN : : ET HIB : REX
 Crude s/a crown, 9 jewels
 No inner circle. Pm cross
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Very crude s/a crown, lacking detail
 Blundered harp, only 4 strings
 No inner circle. Double csp after FRAN
 CMCross001
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT

 FRAN E _ _ _ _ _ EX
 Crude s/a crown, 9 jewels
 No inner circle. Pm cross
 Uneven and irregular lettering

 Very crude s/a crown, lacking detail
 Blundered harp, vertical strings
 No inner circle. Pm cross
 CMCs-Cs001
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS . D ; G ; MAG ; BRIT

 . FRAN . HIB . REX . ~ .
 Poor detail to crown, no jewels
 Pm cross fleury saltire unrecorded
 Randomly uneven lettering

 Crude crown and harp lacking detail
 Pm cross fleury unrecorded
 Blundered legend, ET omitted
 CMCs-Cs002
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS ; D G ; MAG B ; RIT :

 FRAI/I ; ET ; HIB ; REX
 Crude s/a crown, lacking detail
 Crude pm. Pm harp, not recorded
 Uneven punctuation, reads B ; RIT

 Crude d/a crown, 6 jewels
 Crude harp, only 4 strings
 Reversed I/I in FRAN. Pm harp, not recorded
 CMHp-Hp001
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT

 FRAN ; ET HIB ; REX
 Crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Crude pm. Pm Lis, not recorded for obv only
 Uneven lettering

 Very crude d/a crown, 8 jewels
 Harp passable
 Uneven lettering
 CMLisL001
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS D G MAG : BRIT

 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _B : REX
 Crude s/a crown, 9 jewels
 Poor pm design of Martlet
 Very crude and uneven lettering

 Very crude s/a crown, lacking detail
 Crude harp, lacking detail
 Very crude and uneven lettering
 CMMartl001
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS ; D ; G ; MAG ; BRIT

 . FRAI/I ; ET HIB ; REX :
 Crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Pm, unclear, if any
 Uneven lettering

 Very crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Very crude harp, only 4 strings
 Uneven lettering. Reversed I/I in FRAN
 CMMiscU001
  Obv


  Rev
 : CAR . OLVS . D G MAG : BRIT

 . FRAN ET : IH : IB RE : X
 Very crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Pm, unclear, if any. Uneven lettering
 Irregular punctuation, CAR . OLVS

 Very crude d/a crown. Legend misspelling
 Crude harp, uneven string spacing Bogus pm
 Irregular punctuation, ET : IH : IB RE : X
 CMMiscU-Tn001
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRI?

 _ _ _ N . ET . HIB : REX :
 Very crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Pm, unclear, if any
 Uneven lettering

 Very crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Very crude harp, strings off vertical
 Uneven lettering. Pm, unclear, if any
 CMMiscU-U001
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS D G ; MAG ; BRIT

 FRAN ET ; HIB ; REX ~ .
 Wrong shape of d/a crown, lacking detail
 Poor orb and lis on crown
 Generally difficult to condemn as forgery

 Wrong shape of d/a crown, lacking detail
 Poor orb and lis on crown
 Generally difficult to condemn as forgery
 CMRo-Ro001
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS D G MAG BRIT

 ; FRAN ; ET ; HIB ; REX ~ .
 Very crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Pm, woolpack, of poor design
 Uneven lettering, no punctuation

 Crude d/a crown
 Untidy harp of poor design
 Pm, woolpack, of poor design
 CMWp-Wp001
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS : D G MA : G BR : IT :

 FRA : N ET HI . B REX
 Very crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Pm, woolpack, of poor design
 Irregular punctuation, MA : G & BR : IT

 Crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Very crude harp of poor design
 Irregular punctuation, FRA : N & HI . B
 CMWp-Ro002
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS ; D ; G ; MAG ; BRIT

 ; FRAN ; ET ; HIB ; REX ~ .
 Crude large d/a crown, lacking detail
 Pm, woolpack, of poor design
 Uneven lettering

 Crude large d/a crown, lacking detail
 Skimpy harp. Uneven lettering
 Pm, woolpack, of poor design
 CMWp-Wp004
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS : D : G . MAG : BRIT

 . FRAN : ET . HIB . REX : ~ .
 Crude small d/a crown, lacking detail
 Pm, woolpack, of poor design
 Slightly uneven lettering

 Very crude d/a crown, lacking detail
 Skimpy harp. Uneven lettering
 Pm, woolpack, of poor design
 CMWp-Wp005
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLVS ; D ; G MAG ; BRIT

 FRAI/I ; ET ; HIB ; REX
 Crude rounded d/a crown, lacking detail
 Pm, woolpack, of poor design
 Slightly uneven lettering

 Crown & harp hardly visible, due to damage
 Pm, unclear, if any
 Uneven lettering. Reversed I/I in FRAN
 CMWp-U006


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to view the coin

TABLE 5 - Charles.1 Rose Farthing Forgeries

Face Legends Forgery Pointers Forgery Number
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLV : D : G : MAG : BRI

 FRAN : ET . HIB : REX
 Very crude s/a crown, 4 jewels
 Combination of legend and pms not recorded
 

 Very crude s/a crown, 3 jewels
 Rose with a poor attempt at detail
 Uneven lettering
 CRoCr-Cr001
  Obv


  Rev
 CAROLV D ; G MA ; BRI

 FRA ; ET H . I ; REX
 Crude s/a crown
 Uneven lettering
 

 Very crude s/a crown
 Rose with a poor attempt at detail
 Uneven lettering
 CRoCr-Cr002
  Obv


  Rev
 CA . ROLV D : G MA : BRI

 FRA : ET : HIB : REX . ~ :
 Crude s/a crown
 Uneven lettering
 

 Very crude s/a crown
 Rose with a poor attempt at detail
 Uneven lettering
 CRoCr-Cr003



SUMMARY OF FORGERY POINTERS

Note, at least 2 or 3 of the following forgery pointers, or more are needed to condemn a forgery, one is not usually enough.

  1. Crude, skimpy or blundered crown
  2. Wrongly positioned crown
  3. Top half of crown not inline with bottom half
  4. Incorrect number of jewels on crown circlet
  5. Irregular spacing of jewels on crown circlet
  6. Sceptres not continuous through crown ie at silly angles
  7. Sceptres do not go into cushion of crown
  8. Crude or blundered harp
  9. Badly positioned harp
  10. Crown not balanced on top of harp, in correct position
  11. Near to or vertical strings on harp
  12. Incorrect number of strings on harp ie under 5
  13. Irregular spacing of harp strings
  14. Badly flawed harp strings
  15. Harp strings do not join the harps main frame
  16. Irregular sizing of some letters or tilted badly or bad spacing
  17. Blundered legends, sometimes with retrograde letters ie I/I for N or double letters
  18. Letters sometimes reversed
  19. Misspelling
  20. Blundered or erratic punctuation
  21. BRIT ilo BRI on Richmonds (except CARA's and a couple of altered die ones)
  22. No inner circle on Maltravers
  23. Lack of space to complete legend
  24. Legends switched ie reverse legend on obverse and obverse legend on reverse
  25. Bogus or unrecorded privy mark
  26. Mule as Maltravers / Richmond
  27. Very thin "flimsy" fabric
  28. Some forgeries of CARA farthings for reference

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