Watch List notes:

YORK. Edward IV. First reign, 1461-1470. AR Penny (14mm, 0.51 g, 2h). Contemporary counterfeit of a Light coinage issue of the York mint. Struck in an illicit mint in London, circa 1490-1500. Crowned facing bust / Long cross pattée with voided quatrefoil at center; triples pellets in quarters. M. Archibald, "The Queenhithe Hoard of Late-Fifteenth-Century Forgeries," in BNJ 50 (1980), p. 62, York rev. 1. Toned, rough surfaces characteristic of these base silver imitations. Fine.

From the Arthur M. Fitts III Collection. Ex 1980 Queenhithe, London Hoard.