George III 1811 Eighteen Pence Bank Token. Contemporary Forgery

Contemporary forgery of an 1811 Eighteen Pence bank token. Appears to be struck from lower purity silver rather than the usual copper allow with a silver wash applied and under weight at 6.12grams.  At some point it’s been counter marked with a bunch of grapes below the bust, possible done to test the coin to see if it’s a plated forgery. An unusual coin.

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All coins, medals and other items I sell are genuine unless I have explicitly described them as otherwise and I guarantee this forever. If I sell you something as genuine that later turns out to be a forgery I will take the item back and refund you in full including all postage costs.