Master Jmd

Sure ...there are many types that you have missed

@Chris and Peter - I did a thing a while ago covering the types and rarities of farthings, excluding Victoria Bronze, from 1838 to 1952...i can email this word document to you if you like

Thats why its so expencieve...

I don't have much doubt bout it... Like counters from tiddlywinks(sp)

Well done indeed Ebay can sometimes be a great asset...

Ah right, i get it...

Huh...where did that one come from?

Its normal tide aswell...hmm!

Broken set coins sell for more than they should as there is more interest in single coins rather than the entire set.

I have this 1971 penny that seems to have been struck more bold than other 1971 pennies of the same grade... Normal 1971 Penny Bold Strike 1971 Penny Why would this be?

Hmm...hadn't thought of that...

They do sound like the Chinese type to me...they are about the size of a halfpenny... Like this: Linky?

Happy new year all

I believe that that has already happened...has it not?

I can't really say that i disagree with you there oli...

Do you have any other farthings between 1898 and 1917? If you do, hold it up to your darker 1918 one. You may notice that the 1918 farthing just has normal toning, the darkened farthings are generally quite darker than normally toned farthings...

Well, what are all the types?

I have just been flicking through the pages on the Dr. Nicholson Collection, and i came to 1957 where it says "(For the super-specialist who is aware that there are four sub-varieties for the Calm Sea variety, this one has a Pointed 7 pointing directly at a bead, which is the commonest of the four sub-varieties.)". A while back, I was given a tin which was (and still is) full of 1957 and 1958 halfpennies... I was wondering what these 'four sub-varieties' are, and what their rarities are...

I might want it, but i am not 100% sure if i am going to it yet...

Maybe it is just a normal 1937 then

I have 1950 and 1951 proof farthings. The toning on this 1937 one is roughly the same as that on the 1950 and '51 i have...

Oops, i forgot that bit...it was Chris who sold it to me

Quite a while back, I bought a 1937 farthing described as 'ABU'. Since then i have started to notice that it is starting to tone like that of a proof coin. I am now quite sure that this is a proof coin, but how can I be definate?

Amazing...absolutely amazing..."clean and bright"