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Hat Off He made no mention at all about the 1871 being a novelty or replica and had 5 bids from 5 different bidders he would of sold it if it wasnt for you.

the 2nd seller has got back to me thanking me for telling him .hasn't been removed yet though .He said the same to me .must have wanted a 2nd opinion . glad he has removed it.

I see Joe has ended it "because there was an error in the listing" - bless him!

I think eBay haven't pulled it because of the wording of his description where he plays the I don't honestly know if they are genuine ploy. Surely the bidders would pick up on any hint that the coins might not be genuine but it seems they are blind to it.

Found this little stunner back end of last autumn, lovely little coin, Elizabeth I Halfpenny, not the most common of coins, but not rare. always wanted to find one, some do have a mint mark some like this do not, they also did these during James I reign but his has a Thistle Mint mark

He will indeed. When he listed his first two and he had in the listing he'd found a bag full in his garden i knew then he was lining the way to frequently offload them. I am hoping he gets a neg on his feedback off this last sale. He's a real prize prick.

James I Half penny love token, found in the same immediate area as the commonwealth one

All you need to do Declan is put the pictures of the fake (copy his) next to a real one and you will see the differences from there the only other difference on all the years is obviously the date in the fake bun pennies Alarm bells should ring on 1864,69,71 and 1875H in high grade that are all over ebay.

While I think the seller is a grade one rip-off merchant I must say that if the buyer ignored the warning signs in the description given then more fool them! Mind you, it could have been a calculated gamble. Whatever, the seller has offloaded this rubbish and because of his success no doubt he'll do it again!

That was a really nice copy of that 1869 penny. Probably would have fooled me on pictures alone, although a bit too pristine looking. It would have been interesting to have had the weight and dimentions of it. I,ve bought from this seller before and to be fair he did have novelty written next to the main listing. I think there would have been a few buyers who would have bought it for a filler for their collection. As Stuart said, it makes you think twice about starting a new collection when there are coins of this calibre getting into the wrong hands. At least ebay seem to be listening to some of the complaints so we should keep it up. Although i noticed they still have not pulled this bunch of hammered coins.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Medieval-Hammered-Coins/122636948835?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

you gotta admit though they are quality replicas, same standard as the mint easily