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These are produced for use in education and living history, the design and sizing differs from the originals so they cannot be passed as original to collectors with less experience.
I sell these and other replica coins myself, some are so good I have to stamp a replica mark onto them. -
Hello everyone,
I'm hoping someone with more knowledge of the coins of this period can help. I found this penny a few weeks ago and cannot for the life of me identify it as a known type. It's a Henry II/John/Richard/ Henry III but I've been through all my Sylloge reference books and Spink and the obverse appears to me to be unique, I can't find any match on the beard. I'm sure it's not an unknown obverse so if anyone can help identify it as a known type I would be eternally grateful.
eBay 1804 Dollar on CoinPeople Homepage
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I sell replica coins on eBay as gap fillers, educational handling examples and living history tools. I make very sure that the description is very clear that the coin for sale is a replica. Some of the replicas being made in China are obvious modern replicas but others are extremely good and might fool even an expert who examined the pictures alone. I sometimes have to stamp the coin with a replica mark myself, especially some of the copper coins.
eBay has tightened things up but it's still a long way from watertight. If you mention the word 'replica' in the title or description, you get a heads up asking to make sure the coin is in the Coins>Novelty section. Even then, it's up to the seller where it gets listed, there is a George III Northumberland shilling on eBay right now that is obviously from the same stock as those I sell for £4.50 per piece being offered as an original.
Be vigilant....