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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robp, post: 24728343, member: 96746&quot;]We had a spate of cast copies here in the UK which were made by joining two halves and they appeared in around 2005, though it took some time for people to be aware as you needed to see two identical but mutually exclusive coins. Some of the copies identified were Charles I A1/1, C2/1 and F3/1 shillings, Elizabeth I groat, James I 3rd coinage shilling, Edward I class 9b penny of Newcastle, 1713 halfcrown and others.</p><p><br /></p><p>The F3/1 came to light because I had a coin listed on my website and someone asked me if I had sold it (no I hadn&#039;t) as it was listed on ebay. (I had purchased the original on ebay in 2004, but no copies had been identified at that time). The earliest documented purchase I have noted is Dec. 2005. I wrote an article in the Spink Numismatic Circular 12 or 13 years ago showing how to identify that particular item. Thankfully, the messy strike made identification easy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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