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for me its a real eye opener ..... the earliest one I have is 1822 George IIII, 1/16th Dollar, West Indies. .892 silver, It made me realise that a lot of these had rejected by others by not being British coins written off as being foreign...... I have over the years found in the Hoard Box a couple of William IIII, 1835, 1/4 Rupee, East India Company, .917 Silver & 1836 1/2 Guilder, Guiana, .8166 Silver (Minted for only one year and classed as being quite rare) the rest I have found to be Victorian, Edward VII, George V, from all over, Canada, India, Mauritius, China, Ceylon, Cyprus, Australia, East Africa & West Africa...... beginning to put these in date order in a sleeve....

I can only find two images of confirmed die letter A right of the lighthouse coins. I made this image to show the location of the A in respect to the date numerals and legends. The coin on the left is the London coins example, middle is the the coin in question and the coin on the right is Gary's. You can see on my coin the middle of the three the central line of the "A" does not disect the top part of the F of half like the London coins example and Gary's. I have read that the die letter C to the left of the Lighthouse there exist atleast 3 types, with slighly different location and or size, I think the A to the left of lighthouse also has slight variations in the few that are known. Other than this difference everything else appears to line up quite closely between the 3 coins.

I will do thanks ! After closer inspection it looks like the shape has the similar curved base.

Show us clearer pics when it arrives. Definitely worth a punt at that price. Jerry

I have a set from Fiji. Pretty coins. So are my Guernsey and Jersey ones Canadian Centennial set is cool too. I'd like to get a New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia (both .925 & .500), Bahamas dollar, & Bermuda crown type sets eventually. Once those are done, then on to Africa!

these may be worth a show.... Edward VII & George V British Empire Coins I have a page of these forming...interesting that they come in different Silver Grades not all are .925 .....

Thank you Bernie !

most likely to be dublin

Dublin or Waterford. Those are the two Irish mints for farthings of Edward I. Stu.

For £2 + Shipping I thought what the heck and will try my luck and purchased the coin.

I noticed this 1862 Halfpenny with what appears like a possible trace of the letter A to the right of the lighthouse. What do you think? I have identified the coin in question as 7+G (I could be wrong) Im not sure what Im seeing is really the letter A, although the position and size is seamingly correct. Many thanks,

According to the Proclamation of 30 July 1971, recognition of the silver crown, double florin, florin, shilling and sixpence as currency refers to coins minted after 1870. The florin (1993), shilling (1990) and sixpence (1980) were later demonetised leaving only the crown, double florin and Maundy coins.

Brilliant acquisition! especially as you are new to collecting varieties. It took me ~20 years to obtain an example. Your coin overall is a good clear example, well done! best of luck with future variety collecting. Bernie.

Thanks alot, thats where I was roughly hoping for. appreciate the response.

Somewhere between 2 and 3 grand I suspect, but could go higher on the day. It’s very difficult to predict for these serious rarities as it depends on the bidding of two people who have a gap to fill and really want it. Jerry

so Ive been having a look around since the suggestion of that it maybe a Irish Farthing coming to light...so could this be. 1 Farthing - Edward I Dublin, Long Cross 1279-1284 I'm writing this down with a Question Mark alongside it.... its great to be able to place information alongside the coins even though its questionable...A huge thanks to Stu for spotting this 🙏

Wonderful find - I've added it to my website. Let me know if you would like personal attribution. Regarding grade, I view the grade of a coin to be reflective of the amount of natural wear/circulation; any further damage should be included as a qualifier.

while there's still a nasty spots there it is at least a bit more collectable and the horrid green colour has gone - nice one

Thank you !

Thank you! agree, being rare, cleaned and or polished with scratches its quite tricky for me to value the coin. I have seen the 24 examples on Richards website most of which have sale prices. Most of those examples are more worn but dont have scratches and not obviously cleaned/ polished. Asking opinion on the grade is simply to try better understand the value. I have no intentions to sell the coin.

It's less than VF in my book, but who cares with a rarity like that!

Strangely, the 1806 is so so common in lower grades but much scarcer than the penny and farthing in top grades.

Brilliant result!

I’d say it is more polished than cleaned. Sounds like you’ve had a good buy, though! 👏👏