Coin Identification! | Widows Mite, A Few Replica English

one of them is dated 1561 you can barley see it on the second picture from the top on the coin to the left that is the second biggest coin in the immage

alright! thank you. how do you no they are replics, I'm not questioning you I would just like to learn something new. and I will try and get a better pic of the copper one

Two things make the English coins stand out as replicas. First, they're the wrong metal. They're all supposed to be silver.

Second, the artwork is wrong. The coins purport to be in the names of Elizabeth I (except for the rose coin, which is a Henry VIII testoon). On coins of this period, the portraits are very shallowly engraved, such that on coins in typical condition you can barely see them. Compare your coins with the coins of Elizabeth I on this page, for instance, while the Henry VIII testoon is the first pic here. I suspect that whoever made these replicas was copying from old drawings of coins, and not from actual coins.

Finally, to your little Judaean copper, and here I think we have some better news; it looks genuine to me. At least, it's not the "tadpole" replica that sometimes crops up here on the forum, like this one. These coins, officially a "lepton" or a "prutah", are also known as "Widow's mites", named after the story in the bible. Because they are "biblical coins", their price is higher than would otherwise be the case. I've seen them sold for $10 to $50, depending on condition, and on how much the dealer hypes their "biblical-ness".