Specifically, I’m talking about their signet rings, seals, etc.
Couldn’t someone just make a copy? Or make one that looks extremely similar?
Imagine “hacking” the king. You could start wars or do whatever you wanted just by getting a letter sent somewhere.
I understand it’s not as easy as it sounds and one would have to first obtain said seal or wax imprint from a letter or something but I’m surprised I’ve never heard of it being done.
EDIT: Anyone else now wanna see a movie get made about someone (or some team) pulling off a ‘heist’ like this?? Obviously set back in the olden days.
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Making an exact copy of a signet ring would require expert craftsmanship – not something any random person could do.
The number of expert jewelers was relatively small, and each would be well known in their area.
A signet ring forgery would be discovered eventually, and the number of suspects would therefore be very small. Getting caught for such a crime would result in a very painful death.
Therefore, the risk/reward would be quite poor.
It almost certainly did happen quite a few times in history, especially when you’re looking at thousands of years of history. But it would be sufficiently rare that the seals were “good enough” for their purpose.
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