This must be a first, surely. An honest ebayer with a thirst for knowledge! Perhaps there is hope. Hello Edward. Perhaps we should also commend him for holding his hands up. These fakes without education are killing the hobby. Welcome to the forum Ed, glad to hear you have taken the coin down. If in doubt, check out forum member seuk, he has a website dedicated to the fakes of George III (anyone got the link to hand?) Here's hoping you get your money back from wherever it came from, it they don't, or argue the toss, send it to CGS for verification then ask them for the 30 quid fee on top of what you paid for it. Good luck and let us know how you get on with the return.