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- ↑ Bob Forrest (Coin News, Oct 1995) From "Period Coins" to Ashmore Replicas, pp36-39
- ↑ Hurter, S. Ashmore replicas, part I. Bulletin on Counterfeits, London 1995/6: vol 20 no 2, pp19-28
- ↑ Hurter, S. Ashmore replicas, part III. Bulletin on Counterfeits, London 1999: vol 24 no 1, pp21-23
- ↑ Finn, P. Ashmore replicas - revisited. Spink Numismatic Circular, London 2000: issue 108, pp50-54
- ↑ Medieval English Hammered Farthings - Known Counterfeits http://hammered_farthings.tripod.com/counterfeit/index.htm