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Only that it is interesting - I've not seen that before, nor does it seem to be recorded. It MIGHT simply be one-off damage to the loop of the 9, but at the same time the inner loop looks smaller too. Worth keeping out of interest. Thank you, I was wondering if there are any variety types on the 1926/1927 farthing please? No. 20th Century farthing varieties are few and far between. In fact, after 1915, there is only the 4 die pairings for 1953, and that's about it. This is true of small coins in general - you will also find very few varieties of silver 3d, or even sixpences, after around 1893. I have emailed the site admin on aboutfarthings.com. There is only 1 variety of the 1926 farthing but my farthing has differences. Mine has a ball under the tirdent and have also just noticed that the legend on my coin is set slighty further away from the teeth?? Their example has 2 prongs touching the teeth where as none of my prongs touch the teeth? I shall await his reply

Yes, zooming in shows more wear than at first appears evident especially on the obverse (a common failing with bun farthings, which often appear better than they really are). However it is still clearly VF and I wouldn't see those tiny green dots (which must be truly tiny considering it's a farthing!) affecting the value at all. So it would be fair to quote the OP a value of £5, with your sensible proviso that that is an "insurance value" only, and that such a coin could be picked up for less. rolling, when you are quoted a value, always ask if that means "book price" or not. Book price is what dealers and collectors use to insure coins, and also as a dealers' guide to price choice or rare coins at. Commoner coins, especially if not in the top one or two grades, can usually be found at well under book price. Bun farthings come under this heading - they are plentiful in VF, far more than bun pennies which came in for a lot more wear and were less protected by their rims. Ok, I will bear that in mind. Thank you for your help and advice

ahh thank you ! This coin got me very confused

I have just used the silver content vs the current spot price. I don't think you could actually realise £2 because there are margins, commissions and wear to consider should it be sold, but it gives a ballpark figure. Thank you for help,it confirmed what I suspected.

I know this coin is in poor condition can but can anyone give a value? Also, is it a shilling please?

Only that it is interesting - I've not seen that before, nor does it seem to be recorded. It MIGHT simply be one-off damage to the loop of the 9, but at the same time the inner loop looks smaller too. Worth keeping out of interest. Thank you, I was wondering if there are any variety types on the 1926/1927 farthing please?

Very nice! This error was noted in 2008 ( Large date over small date) (CC 2009) I dont know anything about coins but I brought collectors coins 2009 - my bible lol Ooh yes, you're right - I have CCGB 2009 and didn't even realise I had this variety! (I only recently saw it when looking through a glass - strictly speaking, shouldn't it be described as "small date over large" rather than the other way about?). Mine is AU, much better than the scan shows, a glorious even tone and glistening fields. very true, might be worth a mention to Chris Perkins for inclusion in the next CCGB. Possible large over small AND a small over large types ?? I'd be quite surprised if there was a "large date over small" variety - how on earth would you tell? Purely by comparison I suppose, the one thing I have learned from sorting my fathers coins is to expect the unexpected You need more examples first. No, what I meant was, if a large date is cut over a small date, it would swamp the smaller date completely, wouldn't it? there would still be signs wouldnt there? If a coin is AU for instance you should be able to see even the slightest sign. Wouldnt the smaller date show itself inside the larger date?

It looks like a double exergue line. But do bear in mind, although only about 1 in 15 of the 1940s are single exergue line, that doesn't make them rare! Probably between 1 and 2 million according to Freeman. Where they are rare however, is in BU - all 1940s are scarce in BU but the single line is really scarce. Thank you, any opinion on the 1939?

Very nice! This error was noted in 2008 ( Large date over small date) (CC 2009) I dont know anything about coins but I brought collectors coins 2009 - my bible lol Ooh yes, you're right - I have CCGB 2009 and didn't even realise I had this variety! (I only recently saw it when looking through a glass - strictly speaking, shouldn't it be described as "small date over large" rather than the other way about?). Mine is AU, much better than the scan shows, a glorious even tone and glistening fields. very true, might be worth a mention to Chris Perkins for inclusion in the next CCGB. Possible large over small AND a small over large types ?? I'd be quite surprised if there was a "large date over small" variety - how on earth would you tell? Purely by comparison I suppose, the one thing I have learned from sorting my fathers coins is to expect the unexpected You need more examples first.

Very nice! This error was noted in 2008 ( Large date over small date) (CC 2009) I dont know anything about coins but I brought collectors coins 2009 - my bible lol Ooh yes, you're right - I have CCGB 2009 and didn't even realise I had this variety! (I only recently saw it when looking through a glass - strictly speaking, shouldn't it be described as "small date over large" rather than the other way about?). Mine is AU, much better than the scan shows, a glorious even tone and glistening fields. very true, might be worth a mention to Chris Perkins for inclusion in the next CCGB. Possible large over small AND a small over large types ??

Reference the 1940 penny, it certainly looks like a double exergue line type, but it may be the way the light strikes it that makes it appear so. The other test that you can try in hand, but isn't visible in the picture, is to check whether the waves above the line actually sit on the line or are slightly above it. If on it, then its a single exergue type. If above it then its a double. Now the 1939 is interesting, but not for the reason you have posted. Basically, there are two minor types of 1939 penny, one where the second '9' tapers to a point and one where it has a rounded end. Yours appears to be rounded, as it seems to differ from the first '9' which is pointed. Assuming my interpretation of the photos is correct, then yours is a rounded '9' type which is rather scarcer than the pointed '9'. However, it may just be that wear makes it look thatw ay - you need to judge it in hand to be sure. The waves are above, I am going to scan the coin again and try to dim it slightly to see if that shows it better. The 1939 does not look like wear, I will post another scan for you. Thank you very much for your help!

Here is another scan of the 39 Penny

Can someone offer their opinion on these two coins please? The first one is 1940 Penny- is it the double exergue type?? The second coin is 1939 Penny, the second 9 in the date seems to be slightly different from the first, it is on the left curve.