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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! 👏👏

Not if there's a MD's close by

Hypothetically speaking what do you think I could jot down as a value in my database, many thanks.

Thanks for that info ! I had previously stumbled across Garys ebay listing's also seen his name on Richards website.

Thanks Jerry ! I'm happy with that. I doubt il find a better one in the wild.

Thank you for the response. I found the coin early this year by chance. It was the first coin in my collection...! Infact it's because of this coin Im now collecting coins/varieties.. I come across the coin and after researching it I figured it was a rare coin. Since then I have been searching high and low and trying to learn as much as possible. So far I have only been searching for coins that are not listed for sale as varieties, as I'm sure you aware its really addictive the buzz of finding a bargain.

Well done, another nice spot. In general misplaced repairs with the correct letter/digit are not as heavily collected as those where the wrong letter/digit has been used, but do still carry a significant premium. Gary is a member of this forum, and is a very experienced bronze and copper collector 😉. Jerry

The lack of H was the first thing I spotted! And with the gap between R and I of BRITT this looks a genuine one! Stunning purchase, GF details for me, probably previously cleaned but still one of the better ones. Bosh ! Jerry