While most gardening stops around this time of year there are still plenty other things you can do dividing hostas pruning and pruning roses, etc.
The wonderful time comes in the spring really , I got plenty bulbs in for a great new year
I am afraid that many 1860 BB farthings show die cracks in fact its rarer to find an 1860 bb without a die crack. these progress till the dle becomes unuseable , that is why the format was discontinued in 1860 for the far better TB