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I thought I'd share these two rare Corke tokens I recently purchased. These are overstruck on Penny tokens of William Ballard which are dated 1677. The counterstamps probably date to the Civil War period, circa 1689-91. What I found interesting is that they were struck using different dies, a feature I had never noticed before in the reference works, and one I don't recall ever reading about before. T11042 the letters of CORKE overlap and the lion's head is between the O and R, whereas T11043 the letters do not overlap and the lion's head is over the R. Traces of the Ballard undertype can be seen on T11042 above and to the right of the lion's hear, there are no apparent traces of the undertype on T11043. For references see SCSI 6562B, footnote; DF 333; SCBI Norweb 6214; Nelson pg. 354, 3 or the Millenial Collection, lot 255. Barry Murphy

It's a modern copy of an Augustus and Livia bronze struck in Ephesos. This type does not come in silver. Barry Murphy

The Caracalla and Pertinax are both modern forgeries and have little value. The third coin, perhaps Valens, is worth a few $'s at most. Barry Murphy

This one is from M&M Auction 24 (November 19, 2007), lot 1561. They give a reference of Julius 3686. Barry Murphy

Searching the older posts I found this thread and thought I'd share my examples of this Jeton. I have five examples, each from a different obverse die. Interestingly, the four with Louis XV all have milled edges, the one with Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon has a plain edge. Unfortunately the only book I have ont jetons is Mitchiner so I don't know if these are all normal, known, unkown, or otherwise. Barry Murphy

Contantius, Here's another medal with reducing lines. This is 2 examples BHM 1110 from the same reverse die and different obverse dies. On the reverse you can see the heavy reducing lines on the first example, and on the second example the lines are gone. There have been some small changes besides the removal of the lines: 1 - texture of the king's cape behind his leg has been increased 2 - more pellets have been added to the mat the lion is sitting on, behind the king's cape 3 - the four pellets on the forward panel of the throne have been modified slightly to give them some depth Barry Murphy

Oops, meant to post the photo with the accompanying undertype. Barry

Here's one of mine overstruck on a Southwark token of T. Pryce, BWS 4690. The undertype is quite sharp and the second strike split the flan a little. Barry Murphy

100% positive. Barry

Good news is no one was looting. Bad news is they are modern forgeries sold at bazaars in North Africa and the Middle East. Barry Murphy

Need to figure out how to get full size photos to show and not just the thumbs. Sorry. Barry

... and a few of my medalets. Barry

Thanks for the replies. I should have been more specific and said "19th Century English tokens". I am well aware of the Conders and medals on here. I don't see a lot of discussion on 19th century items. I collect a lot of things. Here is a farthing size William Till token in silver, the only one I've ever seen. Barry

Hello, I'm new to this Forum and was curious if anyone on here collected Unofficial Farthings or other English tokens. Looking forward to reading the old posts. Barry Murphy