£3.28 and ninepence farthing ... but ...

[peanut]

well done Alan. That William & mary is in fabulous condition and possibly worth quite a bit of money. I believe they were only struck in copper for two years 1692-  1694 the year they got married as Mary died the following year.

The copper coins were poorly struck and good examples are uncommon.They were also made with  Tin  too which are even more valuable!
I have seen 2x for sale on ebay recently .one for £300 and the other for £1500 !
Chard are looking for examples to buy
http://www.24carat.co.uk/frame.php?url=britannia4.html

Co-incidentally I found one in my garden last week but its in poor condition.
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/SE/SE3452.html
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=117054

[Chef Geoff]

  What book are you reading Nick.
They were married for 17 years! The 2d was minted for 5 years (1689-94) and never as far as I know in tin, that was purely used for halfpennies and farthings

[handyman [Alan}]

Thanks for comments guys, we've returned the william & mary coin to the landowner for their enjoyment.

[peanut]

What book are you reading Nick.
They were married for 17 years! The 2d was minted for 5 years (1689-94) and never as far as I know in tin, that was purely used for halfpennies and farthings

Apologies everyone I thought the last coin was a farthing the same as mine ?I was obviously not paying attention as usual.

 Prior to 1692 half pennies and farthings were all struck in tin as I'm sure you are aware cheffy.

 Copper coinage was apparently  introduced in 1992 .  Mary died in 1694

I did make a typo about her marriage ...agreed. ..what  I intended to say  was that the copper coinage only lasted for 2x years of her reign ie 1692-1694  which is why they are scarce and valuable.

You're getting a bit testy in your dotage arn't you Geoffrey  

[Chef Geoff]

Sorry Nick lol. Problem is that newbies tend to believe what they read on the internet as we all do, so better to put things right from the beginning
Yes those blinking tin things, found quite a few over the years but never one that you could truly read, as the chemicals really do have their wicked way with them, here's a couple of recent "bits".