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Possibly silver, I don't know. A genuine Anne farthing? Not likely. 😁

That's supposed to be silver??

Hello Rob and many thanks for getting back to me on this matter, very pleased to have found another oddity 👍

Could be double struck with another coin trapped in the dies, but equally could be another coin in a different metal in close contact with it in wet, acidic conditions leading to electrolysis (2 different metals in near contact under those conditions will generate a potential difference. Think in terms of a battery. Given the level of corrosion seen, either is possible.

Same seller: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/287323936829?itmmeta=01KRX7WT4HCDJK4FW405YX1FA8&hash=item42e5d7583d:g:Zh8AAeSwC1ZqAMTQ

Definitely not the genuine article, but will definitely be the coin in that little group that will catch the highest bidder out, as there’s nothing else in there they could possibly be wanting!

My thought’s exactly! There seems to be an influx of fake Lizzie halfpennies at the moment, I wonder about this one too with the key over woolpack facing the wrong way and a very uneven border. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/287335422050 Jerry

Someone’s going to get their fingers burnt! https://ebay.us/m/qPGfJ7

Sorry to burst your bubble Paddy, but I'm almost certain from the pictures that it's NOT a recessed ear.

1864 half penny, looks like it had a crude hole made in it many years ago, a touch piece ?

It is always worth ignoring die damage on a generally heavily circulated denomination in scarce condition. A few years ago I had an A/R in CAR farthing with weak central areas that I wanted a fair, but full price for on the grounds that I had only traced mine and the Colin Cooke example. Someone I know locally refused to pay so much in the hope one would turn up. Happy to report he's still waiting.........

Maybe p'ing in the wind as an idea, but given the shape of the three, is it a 3 with a damaged top half, then subsequently repaired with something like a Maundy 7 punch for example? Or any other smaller denomination for that matter? The reinforcing of existing legends is well documented, so to have such an unconventionally shaped 3 is fairly illogical, given the mint officials' mentality at the time. just trying to think outside the box given the relatively conventional lower loop.

I don't think Charlie would be too impressed with truck loads of cupro - nickel dumped in front of the palace.

There was/is a collector called Bianchi…CNG are selling off his/her collection!

I am confident enough that it is a recessed ear, and that is good enough as it is going into my own collection. @Martinminerva also expressed the opinion that it was right in a previous post in this topic. I already have an example with the broken tooth in only slightly worse condition, so I will keep both to cover my bases. Neither will be sold until I pop my clogs, by which time I won't care anyway!

I think the problem is Paddy that without the broken/smaller tooth above the colon , you would be had put to convince a buyer that its a Recessed ear type . Below is my coin which has a very slight damaged colon tooth , also another picture of a worn coin which is clearly a recessed ear, but you can see that the tooth is intact but very slightly smaller than the other teeth. If I were you I think I would try to find one with one of those faults on the colon tooth .

I'll have to pass on that question for now Richard , but I will let you know in due course

I now have the coin in my possession. Seems pretty nice condition for one of these, despite the odd mark in front of the King's nose:

Where did you find it, Terry ?

Obverse

I thought there was something in the law that said coins remained the property of the Crown, at least until demonetised?

1863 Slender 3 F44 Well I just can't believe my luck on this one, I never thought I'd ever manage to get my hands on one of these 🤩

I have to confess that’s not a reference known to me, nor Google, apparently! I wondered whether it referred to a BNS article, or similar, but seems not. Can you email CNG and see what they say? It could possibly be a couple of private collectors attempting to use their own means of die cataloging and entered this information on a ticket before selling coins? Many auction houses have the lazy habit of copying this information verbatim.

True butt he UK did it 44 years earlier if you consider the 1920 debasement and 18 years from the finale debasement of British coins in 1946 compared with the US.. Over that time fiat currencies, currencies based on paper promises have lost value. This has been true since Rome, through Tudor times to the present day when currencies are debased. Little by little like the frog in heating water your money becomes less and less with income never seeming to catch up. Some suggest crypto as an answer but this is just another scam like the banks who could never honor a run on their commitments other than printing more promises or numbers in a computer with crypto. Where no body knows where the money invested is. With crypto, if someone switched off the computers tomorrow where would your money be? I wouldn't hold your breath. Banks have similar issues but do receive some limited backing from governments