Master Jmd

As you are in Italy (I presume) I would recomend getting the mint sets. But if you want more of a challenge I would recomend getting the individual coins.

The price in dollars ($) is far greater than the price in pounds (£)... example: Item Number: 4060 Price: £25 ($US 47.50) ...surely thats a bit OTT? Edit: I take that comment back...didn't realist the exchange rate was so high compared to what it was on a mock maths paper from 1997.

All 1997 £2's are with the queen wearing a necklace. In 1998 onwards, the necklace was not used. And welcome.

Hmm...at first I couldnt make it out ...I think I prefered your old 'custom user title' though.

Unless the die was repaired at some time, it would be imposible to have jsut one die with a first A in BRITANNIA barred and the other unbarred on one instance, and vice versa in the other instance... Well...when I get to Victorian Copper Farthings, barred and unbarred A's will probably be a giant feat

Oh dear, another error...tut tut tut...Page 24, 1882H 2/1 penny £60 in EF, £150 in UNC and £70 in BU...

But again take the 1856 E/R variety, on one instance the coin is with the First A of BRITANNIA unbarred, and on another it is the Last A of BRITANNIA unbarred. This would mean that two different dies were used for creating the 1856 E/R farthing, is more than one die normally used (is that a silly question, I am not sure!)? This also occurs with 1858 large date, which is also the rare type if I remember correctly. And 1858 small date to add to that.

Welcome Neill, I hope you enjoy restarting your collecting. Just so you know me; I collect pretty much all types of UK farthings 1656-1956 with the exeption of SOHO and Patterns of 1660-1670.

In most cases, it would be better for us if we all saw the pictures. You can post pictures on the forum by becoming a member

About 1hr 10mins...I thought that I might asm well use that time to do something creative... I don't have any reference books of farthings. I created the list from looking at various pictures from Colin Cooke, Ebay, Predecimal and a few more. There are four A varieties within the 1856 E/R Farthing which is extremely rare. Why strike it more than once?

I have had some spare time just now so I decided to make a list: 1838 DEF. (Stop) - First A of BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1838 DEF: (Colon) - All A's barred. 1839 2 Prongs to Trident - First A of BRITANNIA and last A of GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1839 3 Prongs to Trident DEF. (Stop) - First A in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1839 3 Prongs to Trident DEF. (Stop) - Both A's in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1839 3 Prongs to Trident DEF: (Colon) - First A in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1839 Bronze Proof - All A's barred. 1839 Bronze Proof - Barred A in VICTORIA, all other A's unbarred. 1840 DEF. (Stop) - All A's barred. 1840 DEF.. (Double Stop) - 1840 DEF: (Colon) - First A of BRITANNIA and GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1840 DEF: Wide Date (Colon) - Both A's in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1841 - Unbarred A's in GRATIA, all other A's barred. 1841 Proof - 1842 Type A - 1842 Type B - First A in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1842 Type B Large 42 - All A's barred. 1843 Lower Serif - Last A in BRITANNIA unbarred unbarred A's in GRATIA, all other A's barred. 1843 Two Serifs - Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA, all other A's barred. 1843 I for 1 in Date - 1843 3/2 - 1844 - All A's barred. 1845 Small Date Type A - 1845 Small Date Type B - All A's barred. 1845 Large Date - All A's barred. 1846 - All A's barred. 1847 -Â Both A's in BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1847 Proof - 1848 - Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA, all other A's barred. 1849 - All A's barred. 1849 4 over lower 4 - Both A's in BRITANNIA and last A of GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1850 -Â Both A's in BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1850 5/3 - 1850 5/4 - 1851 -Â 18:51 (Die Flaw) - Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA, all other A's barred. 1851 D over sideways D in DEI - First A of BRITANNIA and GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1852 - 1853 WW Raised - First A of BRITANNIA and last A of GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1853 WW Raised - Barred A in VICTORIA, all other A's unbarred. 1853 WW Raised DEI RATIA - Last A of BRITANNIA and both A's of RATIA unbarred, all others barred. 1853 WW Raised 3/2 - Both A's in BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1853 WW Raised Copper Proof Rev. Upright - Last A of BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1853 WW Incuse - First A of BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1853 Both A's of BRITANNIA and first A of GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1853 WW Incuse Copper Proof - Both A's in BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1854 - 1855 WW Incuse - 1855 WW Raised - First A of BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1856 - First A in BRITANNIA and GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1856 - Both A's in BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1856 - Both A's in BRITANNIA and first A in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1856 E/R in VICTORIA - First A in BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1856 E/R in VICTORIA - Last A in BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1856 E/R in VICTORIA - Both A's in BRITANNIA and last A in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1856 E/R in VICTORIA - All A's barred. 1857 - Both A's in BRITANNIA and first A in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1857 - First A in BRITANNIA and last A in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1858 Large Date - Last A in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1858 Large Date - Both A' in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1858 Large Date - First A in BRITANNIA and GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1858 Large Date - Both A' in BRITANNIA and last A in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1858 Small Date - First A in BRITANNIA and both A's in GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1858 Small Date - Barred A in VICTORIA, all other A's unbarred. 1858 Small Date - Both A's in BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1859 - Both A's in BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1860 - First A in BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1860 - First A of BRITANNIA, A of VICTORIA and last A of GRATIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1860 Copper Proof - First A in BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. 1864 1WW Copper Proof - First A in BRITANNIA unbarred, all other A's barred. If anyone knows of anyother 'A' varieties, can you tell me about it with support from a picture

Its not all that bad

That is a lot of moneys worth there! I doubt that they would appear for a few years yet as Oli said. I shall keep my eye out for any of them.

After looking at my 1853 and 1857 farthings, I noticed that the A's in BRITANNIAR and VICTORIA are unbarred. I have now looked at other copper farthings and noticed that all farthings between 1848 and 1859 have these unbarred A's. This is strange as the A's in GRATIA are barred. Is there any known reason for this?

I have not yet found a 4-Minute mile one. I have NHS, Public Libraries, EU, Suffragettes and the 1973 EEC ones. I have all commem £2's after 1997, I am not really interested in the peace dove or the other one prior to 1997 as I would have to pay (all my decimal coins have been accumulated in my spare change).

I do use Ebay sometimes, but it is quite hard to locate BU farthings on Ebay.

One year, one day after my birthday (6th August 1990) Welcome Mitch, hope you enjoy coin collecting and the forum

Well done

That 1754 NVF Very rare 4 over 0 variety farthing (here) is tempting...note: you have written it as 'Very Rare 5 over 0 variety', I assume you mean 4 not 5?...

I don't think that there are any varieties for 1916 pennies.

Farthings: Charles II = 1 - 1673 No Obv. Stops (F). Victoria = 4 - 1853 3/2 (EF), 1857 (BU), 1881H Type B (BU), 1882 H Broken F (BU) George V = 9 - (All BU) - 1918 Bright, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936. George VI - 15 - (All BU) - 1937, 1941-1950, 1950 Proof, 1951, 1951 Proof, 1952. Elizabeth II = 6 - (All BU) - 1953 1+A, 1953 1+B, 1953 2+B, 1954-1956. Total = 35. Pennies: (No longer collecting) Victoria = 3 - 1979 Obv. 9 Rev.K (F), 1900 (Unc), 1901 (BU). George VI - 6 - 1937 A (BU), 1937 B (BU), 1937 Proof, 1938, 1940 Double Exergue (Unc), 1947(Unc) Elizabeth II = 3 - (All BU) - 1953, 1962, 1967. Total = 12. Sixpences: George II = 2 - 1757 (Fine), 1758 (Fine). Total = 2. Others: 1907 Shilling (EF). Crowns = 7 - (All BU) - 1953, 1960, 1965, 1977 x2, 2001 Vicky Commem, 2002 Corronation Commem. 1921 Florin (Fine) - The first florin I ever saw, worn but nice. 1887 Normal JEB Halfsovereign (aFDC). Total = 10. Tokens: 1817 Princess Charlotte Commemorative. Total = 1. Overall total = 60. (Note: There are a few more including a lot of decimals, but I thought that this list would be long enough)

Nothing has really changed that much from Spink 2004 to Spink 2005. The prices have only varied by about £5 each down or up, so I would also suggest that you save your money for now.

Thanks

Since the time when I started putting decimal coins into my collection, I have never seen a 1995 penny, a 1986 £ or a 1992 20p, whereas I have seen many coins of different dates. I have looked for mintage figures, but the Royal Mints website is down at the moment. Are these coins scarce/rare?

What you have is most probably a normal 1899 penny that has, at some stage after minting, been covered in some form of gold coating to resemble a gold penny.