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George III first issue farthing

Gunmoney halfcrown from May 1690

A penny by H Young, Coin Dealer. An early strike before a piece broke off the die, obliterating the date.

Eccleston Halfpenny. Possibly the first Soho product to use the thick raised rim.

Archbishop Wigmund styca with the moneyer Coenred. Pirie dies 393/416

Decentius centionalis, struck at Amiens circa 351-353

Base metal styca, Eanred/Herred.

Stuff to make you laugh? Watching Pointless whilst eating tea this evening, one of the questions was anagrams of TV shows. Only 90 people out of 100 were able to identify QI as one of the answers.....

Yes it does! "No actual squirrels were hurt during the making of this video..." Thanks Paddy.

Does this work then? https://www.dropbox.com/s/hg8fzg1ro0gkrs1/Trump Border Wall Prototype.mp4?dl=0 P

This one's a penny (D&H Middlesex 50)

Old proverb: "Better to keep mouth closed and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt."

They are being issued in 2018 as circulation coins. I do not know of any plan to repeat in subsequent years but as the Royal Mint is hell bent on making as much money as possible out of collectors, I wouldn't be surprised if they did. Initially they were released mainly from the RM in packets at £2 each, with a small number put into circulation as "teasers". Recently a lot more have appeared in circulation - I have picked up 8 different ones in the last few weeks. There is no knowing how many they will produce or if the numbers will remain balanced. The final figures should eventually appear on their website, but usually 2 years later (so in 2020), but even that is no longer certain as their website updates have become very erratic recently.

The forum has been like the Marie Celeste of late - where is everybody? A Victoria copper halfpenny for consideration.

I got this one today as an upgrade to my 1719 Farthing with Small lettering. Also lacks the stop on the reverse.

New-ish upgrade to my George III halfpenny example

Newbie, only mid-grade sadly

You don't need to count the beads as an identifier when you are familiar with the series, but when TPG's are getting this wrong (when there are indicators that even someone not familiar with farthings can use as certainty) it does not fill you with confidence. I agree that when you regularly look at farthings even design types jump out quite readily, but that is not the case for many people. If you are thinking of getting an example but are unsure use the bead count then there is no dispute.

Just because it took you 3 seconds doesn't mean it's pointless Anyway, it took me 1 second to know it's not a mule so you're just wasting 2 seconds there. Which is kinda pointless.

This coin is a TB/TB example. Even though the reverse teeth have a somewhat rounded appearance, they are indeed toothed in reality. On a real BB example the beads are closer to the inner ring, not the outer rim. There is also a differance in the Bead count, though I don't recall what it is. Every coin dealer here in the US has a example like yours marked as a Mule, which is incorrect. I have a example I purchased from Michael Freeman on my website, if you care to see a authentic example.