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Have you seen the E over R VICTOEIA 1856 farthing . This one is mine , not perfect but 😊

Shall we set up a 'More Farthings' thread!? Here is a penny which I found last week:-

George IIII 1821 Six Pence 1st reverse this coin was only minted for 1821,....... and found here to be in a nice condition...👍

Actually, it’s the Jubilee Head issue for 1893 that's very rare - the Old Head which you have is the normal (not rare) issue. But the 1821 is a very nice example.

A solid VF for me, but no better, so perhaps the price is just a bit higher than I would want to pay, but not outrageous...

Bloody Hell...!!!!!! Aaarrrrrrggghhhhh! I knew it was to good to be true!!! ,,,,,,,, lets agree its not a proof Issue! 🤷 Doh!!!

I think you are reading the figure for proof issues of this date, which is 1312. Regular business strike, of which this is an example, the figure is 7,010,000 !

Today I've been mainly looking at Six Pence's. George II, interestingly the1745 has the "Lima" stamp, I only just seen today ...... The 1745 sixpence coin from the reign of King George II is a silver coin notable for its historical significance and value, made from captured Spanish silver. Lima, Peru👍

I woke up this morning thinking about this coin, which I have had tucked away for a couple of years. The Swan (or |Goose) dollar was designed to be a candidate for the new Australian decimal coinage, but was rejected. A small number were minted by Pinches in London, and they are now quite collectable. Unfortunately there are now quite a few fakes out there. I found this one in a local auction and paid a fair bit for it as I recognised the rarity, but I got it on reserve as no one else bid. I am fairly sure it is genuine - I saw it when it was brought in to the auction house in a tin with a few other random British and foreign coins from a house clearance. Here is the Numista page on it: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia78083.html And the linked information on identifying fakes: https://www.australian-coins.com/collecting-coins/1967-australia-1-dollar-pattern-crown-goose-dollar-90-silver-copy-coin-counterfeit-fake/ I know we have a few Australian contributors on here, so I would be interested in confirmation that it is genuine, and some indication whether these are still sought after or the fakery has killed the market for them?

Not my coin .😟

I've bought silver that was so shiny that some dealers avoided it like the plague. However, I have a nearly infallible way to tell : if the shine is in the fields and between the legend, but not on the design or legend, then I judge it’s natural; it would be virtually impossible to clean only the parts that exclude all the raised elements. As to how they survive in that condition, I wouldn't like to speculate.

F176

I thought I'd share a couple of rather nice rare finds . Both the rare 1913 mules. F175 below

Very simple: generally in the Victorian series the last two datal digits were punched into the dies by hand ( the master die just being 18--). That leads to all manner of date spacings and alignments. A quick search of eBay or Richard's penny website, or looking at books like Gouby will show a huge number of different positions. Even silver denominations display these varieties, though on bronze and copper there seems to be even more.

This looks to me like a corrosion product dot rather than a die issue. Again, better pics would help. Jerry

One possible explanation could be that the letters in question have been re punched to hard , which would result in a deeper indentation into the die resulting in a bigger wider and longer letter . I have seen this on the date digits on some of the Victorian pennies. Im sure I have a picture some where , I'll see if I can find it . Note the 9 in the two date examples below

Victoria Double Florin 1887 George III Half Crown 1st portrait 1816 fine details, but shame that there's dings to Victoria face, .......... 😒

another 2 coins worth showing in a respectable condition.... George V Half Crown 1914 Victoria One Florin 1864 1st portrait (Gothic) any ideas of the Grade these would be ?

one florins Victoria 1887 2nd portrait , nice condition considering some of the finds I have. George V 1st Issue, 2 x 1912, 1 x 1916

I can't tell you who the people depicted are, but I suspect this is a "Barbarous Radiate" - that is to say a coin minted post Roman empire in loose imitation of a Roman coin.