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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheRed, post: 7875581, member: 87080&quot;]Thanks for your vote of confidence [USER=10461]@lordmarcovan[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is a very high quality replica of the gold 20p of Henry III.&nbsp; So much of the fine detail is excellent, this is no tourist trinket.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen a number of them in different metals, from actual gold or silver to pewter.&nbsp; It&#039;s my recollection, very foggy though it may be, that they were made by or for the British Museum back when one of the first examples turned up.&nbsp; While it is unlikely to be an authentic coin, there are only 7 or 8 of them known to exist, its not impossible.&nbsp; Stranger things have happened.&nbsp; There is the story of the Achaemenid gold cup that turned up in a box under the bed of a deceased scrap dealer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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