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It is not often that we see a copy Wepener clasp. This example is from the next Noble Numismatics auction


Picture courtesy of Noble Numismatics

It is not identified as a copy by Noble Numismatics.

You would imagine there was a surfeit of CC clasps after the Boer War but here is a copy Cape Colony, identified as such by Spink, from their next auction.



The letter spacing is incorrect and the lugs are both very thin and too long, leading to a larger than normal space between clasps.

Picture courtesy of Noonan's

The lower clasp is identified by Noonan's as a copy.

A copy Belmont clasp identified as such in the next Noonan's sale.

Correct clasp at the bottom.

A copy Wepener clasp, identified as a copy, from the next Noble Numismatics auction

Noble Numismatics describe the lower clasp as 'possibly a copy' but there is little doubt here as the top and correct clasp shows.