Master Jmd

I suppose you are right, I shall give it a miss.

Just had a look at that certifiedgbcoins for the first time, and some of the farthings are quite exeptional...but the prices could be a little lower (1890 Farthing MS65RD £150!)... There are three coins that are really tempting; This (to go with my new 1754/0 farthing) www.certifiedgbcoins.com/Farthing%20Coin%20Pages/Farthing%201754.htm and www.certifiedgbcoins.com/Farthing%20Coin%20Pages/Farthing%201895%20Bun%20Head.htm ..a bit pricey, but do you think that they would be worth 'breaking out of their slab' for my collection?

Slabbed coins are inside a hard plastic case which is very hard to break open. Coins in slabs have their type and grade printed on the slab (example)... I personally do not like them.

The three best sites (in my opinion) for buying coins are Predecimal, Colin Cooke Coins, and Online-coins. Predecimal is best though of course...

? ... Edit: Oh, that...that was what my dad bought a while ago (not sure why!)...

Talking of ebay, I am slowly but surely selling my few high grade pennies (that i had previously collected)...3 of them are: 1937 BU Full Lustre Penny, Type A 1901 Penny BU Full Lustre Penny and 1940 Single Exergue Line Penny Very Rare Unc (Sorry to invade your thread chris).

We did not realise that it was smoking, or at least I didn't if I remember rightly

Also, error: Page 13, 1951 farthing BU price is higher than 1951 proof BU price.

Tip: The book has the bright 1918 farthing above the dark 1918 farthing, it would be better the other way round because otherwise it goes: 1917 Dark 1918 Bright 1918 Dark 1919 Bright

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.