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Because sometimes you need the security of knowing that it is genuine(ly) shi*e. I often despair at the worries shown US forums where the main concern appears to be that it is genuine. That the flat disc in their hand has no numismatic value is completely irrelevant.

That's an absolute classic! Everything about it is just so wrong... It looks like he took the picture from his PC camera, while his wife was setting in front of the PC (leaning to the right). I think that may be a First for eBay! That is the scantily clad model draped seductively across the table showing you what you to could achieve owning this fine specimen of a coin,The coin held aloft in a hard working honest mans hand,tired from the daily slog of hard labour.The little boy in the back ground making you feel secure in the knowledge that if you where to buy it,he would get his christmas lights back,and Santa would come this year,and the room would be alight with the glow from a new light blub,purchased from the profits.....go on you know you want to!

There is an article in the 2004 BNJ p.84-101 by Manville and Gaspar covering the 1787 shillings. Worth a read.