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"Not much more info except these are garden finds. House is old but not pre 1550 I think. Listed these a few weeks back with many comments that they are fake but I also had positive feedback from some that were genuinely interested. The truth is I don't know. Just have had them for 10 years or so just lying there & will take a chance on selling them at whatever price. Not looking for a windfall! Let's see?"

I had a pleasant few minutes the other day discussing irony with Peter of India, who very politely informed me (half a dozen times), that he was not selling anything, but instead could he ask a few questions to pin down my lifestyle and buying habits in order to reduce the number of unwanted cold calls. After a fairly convoluted discussion and at the sixth time of asking, he also enquired whether I was going to answer any of his questions. My reply enabled him to close the case from his side. Shame his name wasn't Clive, or there would have been a bit more mileage in it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/hammered-silver-coin-1562-Elizabeth-/132288678230?hash=item1ecd050956:g:Ic0AAOSwnsZZibRb Look at the effort that has gone into making this fake look good! Smoothing, scratching, toning, he deserves a prize! And only £200 bin! Please report it. Jerry

I can't help Brian, but if you post it here you'll almost certainly get your answer.

There's at least two with the wrl stamp, I've reported them too

Reported. His item description: "Not much more info except these are garden finds. House is old but not pre 1550 I think. Listed these a few weeks back with many comments that they are fake but I also had positive feedback from some that were genuinely interested. The truth is I don't know. Just have had them for 10 years or so just lying there & will take a chance on selling them at whatever price. Not looking for a windfall! Let's see?" His garden continues to offer up its treasures…...

Reported too.

Who conveniently only strikes at Rhuddlan - one of the more expensive mints. And they are from the same dies with the same weakness on the inner circle below the M. Remarkable. I wish I was that lucky. My Rhuddlan from the same moneyer cost me over £600 and there are two here for a quid!

Done. ?

The funds went to a good cause. Having established that the best one of this die combination on my list of acceptable and available examples was in fact bought by Exeter Museum in the Willis sale (1991), I acquired the second best D17 on the list as my example - ex P W P Carlyon-Britton, H W Morrieson, E E Yates, H M Lingford & A Barr

They are not particularly rare and the price of lustrous examples seems to have settled at around £400 judging by recent auctions. No doubt a lot are freshly recognised. The one currently on EBay looks to be a nice and clear example, as much as one can be sure from the pics. There are undoubtedly a number of different overstruck dies. Gouby does cover this in detail. Some sellers seem to be referring back to Spink catalogues of 5-6 years ago, when the published prices were much higher. Spink do seem to be moving with the times on this one. Jerry

Thats a clear nice example and although not rare most seem to be low grade and worth checking as i have found a couple . The second picture one was sold on ebay by john blyth about twelve months ago . Think like most varieties people just start looking for them so more turn up and if i remember correctly a forum member found one that sold for over £1k at LCA a few years ago and at that time was considered rare. In goubys book as BP1893B

I now have examples of all 5 of the Cinque Ports halfpenny Conder tokens, this is Hastings, the only one of the 5 in Sussex

It has to be the red dye on the insert to blame for the 73 coins. To find a mint set is very difficult whereas most 1970 sets are as issued. Bizarre and slightly annoying!

That's a King compared to most Mike!