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It was pulled but he has relisted it, so reported again. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Charles-l-Civil-War-Hammered-Seige-Coin-/182763263841? Jerry

Hi Steve, I won one of your pennies tonight, for which many thanks. Jerry

The number of these is increasing steadily, this is at least the sixth, and the variety only became generally known in the last couple of years. But it is a nice variety, and quite easily spotted, so will be in demand and fetch good prices even with many possible future discoveries. I studiously check all 1862's I come across, as I suspect do many others, maybe will get lucky one day. Jerry

Yes, that is one! And in reasonable condition too! A valuable find; is it for sale?? Jerry

Mine was £50 from the Bay a couple of years ago, from the U.S. Will do, until a lustrous one comes along at a sensible price, I'm prepared to wait! Jerry

And me.

I agree entirely. I run my Explorer II with virtually no discrimination, and rely on the tones and crosshairs position as the indicator in digging, and have had many hammies to over a foot. The other machine I use (of the ten or so I have) regularly is a cheap Golden Mask 4, very sensitive indeed to the tiniest silver coins. These two are very complementary. Jerry

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 will happily pay 5p for the coppers if you will pay postage. Do you take PayPal? I would pay 95p for the pound as there is a bit missing, same terms as above. If you try Ebay do be aware they take 10%. My offer could be to your advantage, unless of course you would rather spend them . Jerry

I am perfectly happy to see these, correctly advertised as replicas, on the bay because it should alert the idiots to the existence of these copies. I can then feel much less sorry for those tw*ts that do pay big money for similar from fraudsters. It is a small price to pay for personal peace of mind.? Jerry

Reported too.

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

I am so sorry to hear this, life must feel so empty. Stay strong, don't be afraid to lean on family and friends, they will do likewise, this is how things should be at a time of great loss. I hope better times will come in time. Best wishes from Jerry and Libby

She appears to be taking a dump on Wales.......perhaps the designers in Llantrisant were making a pointed comment ?? Jerry

Beautiful, would have been a good price even for a standard F10! Jerry

Yes, but as a single coin and assuming less than uncirculated condition, scrap metal value only. If you had a large quantity, you might be able to get the Bank of England to redeem them at face value, but hardly worth the effort of a special trip. Jerry

These Nuremberg Jetton are actually quite common metal detecting finds in the U.K., but you were nonetheless lucky to spot it. It might improve with a gentle scrub with a soft brush in cold water. Jerry

Almost everything about it is subtly wrong, find some good on-line images of a genuine article and compare. As with your previous experiences, the key is knowing your field, but what really stands out glaringly to me is the engraving of the bodice, just so stylized and WRONG. It does also help to know that you can buy other dates struck from the same dies in China on Alibaba.com, and a lot of 1869 are appearing on Ebay , usually complete with a bunch of lies regarding provenance. Jerry

And here is another date of fake Victorian penny. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VICTORIA-PENNY-1875-H-/122581741896?hash=item1c8a70f148:g:WxcAAOSwcj5ZW8c9 Jerry

I have great difficulty buying from Rendel because of his pricing structure.....? Jerry

I find it difficult to reach any conclusion from the photographs but I would point out that any digits present would have been stamped on the coin, not the die, or they would be in relief i.e. raised on the coin. It would be technically challenging to prepare a set of dies that struck an incuse image if the intention was a one-off or limited production run. The overwhelming likelihood therefore is that these digits, if any, are post mint interventions, and of little numismatic interest. Jerry

Hi Richard, a scan of this would be very welcome in Deepest Herefordshire too! Jerry

omega_02 Just been looking through his items for sale too, what a load of tat! But his 'Roman ring" is a typical piece of modern tourist repro and his "Neolithic tool" is a beach pebble. Not a trustworthy seller. Jerry

Was it the coin from omega02? He states that he is selling it for a friend who found it metal detecting, ALL LIES I suspect. Reclaim your money through PayPal if he doesn't cough up, and report him to eBay. Through Paypal you should get any postage too. Jerry

Certainly a WRL fake with the logo deliberately partially obscured. Get your money back, or report the fraud to the police, this sort of thing is becoming all too commonplace. Jerry