I vaguely recall that back in the day there was a distinction between a JMod (gold crown in front of the name), Mod (grey crown), and Forum Mod (no crown?). However, I wasn’t around in 2004 to really know what the situation was back then. Did moderators exist in the game, given it had just released and Jagex was well staffed enough to not need moderators?
As an aside, do forum mods have any dissimilar roles as moderators in the game? Do they have the grey crown? Is anyone a JMod?