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Yes, the teeth are too long, her right thumb is too short, the left hand waves cover the teeth plus a few other minor details but generally the best attempt at a bronze penny that I've seen to date.

If I had penny for everything I saw that done, I'd have several pounds....

I'd run a mile if I saw that. Britannia fully struck up? Teeth prooflike? Sharp portrait? It screams 'fake' to me.

That’s correct - some say this is where the saying “Know your Onions” comes from, but I can’t be sure. A (presumably) full set of these in the original mesh purse, in the original cardboard box does exist in private hands. When I remarked to the current owner that it must have been expensive, they replied “it cost an arm and three legs”.

Just to start this thread off again heres a little lovely that I picked up at the last York fair (Friday) Have never seen one like this -its the smallest size and has a grained edge , hopefully someone might know a bit about it , its in lovely grade and I jumped at it for £12 , total bargain in this grade I am sure.

Her prehensile big toe is also rather creepy.

You have a beautiful example there Richard - one of the best I've seen, superbly struck up compared with the average example. HOWEVER... even at a glance I can see the differences on the reverse. From the eyebrow height of the helmet and head, down the neck, to below the breast area, and the drapery adjacent to the shield - it's all more vague and less precise, which is inevitable when you consider the deep cut portrait on the obverse. Which is why I sigh admiringly at your example, which is so obviously genuine, but would run a mile from the other which is just too precisely modelled to be anything but fake.

For reference images, I have one listed on ebay. Item # 325970397598 Although I assume Richard's is better and more detailed.

I reckon the seller has misread HONI as WYON.

Interesting drawing- well, maybe interesting to some....

So then there's this. Immediately after responding the seller raised the price on the coin and also on shipping, lol. Keep your coin, man. I guess I see enough that it's beat up. 1062 monitors, I had to laugh.

I lost count of the times I emailed Torr coins to tell them to stop hanging their coins in photos on Ebay.... Acetone can leave a coin 'too clean', and the atmosphere loves that...the TINIEST amount of a benign oil, olive, EML switch lube, etc etc and I mean the TINIEST bit, keeps things stable. Put a speck on a small clean brush and apply like that - _no_ rubbing!