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Guest Jon Hill

Charles II Farthing

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Guest Jon Hill

Hi,

I have a Charles II farthing, the date is unreadable but on the obverse the last "O" of "CAROLO" is above the ribbons and not between them as on all the others I have seen, the lettering would appear to be of a smaller size than usual, any ideas?

Thanks,

Jon

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Any pictures...coins with no date are usually quite hard to date...could be 1672 (BMC 520) where the O seperated from the tie ribbon...

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Unfortunatley coins which had a date but alas have lost them over the years are usually scrap.

I've got a few seemingly nice Ch11 1/4d's with nice obverse but unreadable dates...might as well drill em and use as washers. :huh:

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I've got a few seemingly nice Ch11 1/4d's with nice obverse but unreadable dates...might as well drill em and use as washers. :huh:

Well they may aswell be used for something :D

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Try putting them in a vending machine and see what happens! My friend at school did that with a couple of Elizabeth II/George VI coins once. He wrapped them in foil and the machine accepted them as £1. However, the machine was very old, and when you ordered a can of diet coke for £1, you got the drink, but you also got the £1 back! ;)

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There's an idea... i've been trying to ditch some farthings for a long while!

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Melt em!

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Melt em!

wuhaha... :D

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I'm not sure the gas hob could manage it...

I understand vending machines will often accept coins from the channel islands, Gibraltar, Falkland islands etc... but it's not really appropriate.

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Well they're all legal tender anyhow.

Farthings ain't. Plus i like the thought that i might inspire a new collector somewhere along the line.

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I had quite a lot of fun one afternoon experimenting with coins and fire/ovens. I had some quarters left over from a holiday so I messed about by putting them in flames and burning the copper off, and getting lovely green flames in the process. I also tried (and failed) to AT some in the oven using allsorts of household chemicals, to no avail.

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i'm all up for quarter burning. :D

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Well they're all legal tender anyhow.

Apparently not, but they are often accepted anyway. That seems to be true for at least the channel islands and the isle of man. I don't know about the status of places such as Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.

The most authoritative references I could find were travel information websites...

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