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copper123

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  1. Did you know that a tax on soap was a major earner for the government for many years, earning as much as 10% of all government revenue until it's abolition in 1853.

    To raise a similar amount now tax on soap would have to be around £100 a bar based on an average consumption of ten bars a year by the average person.

    This also assumes that usage does not go down with people using fairy liquid or other related products instead of soap :lol:

  2. Funny enough and thinking about it the three rarest bronze farthings 1863 ,1875 and 1876 H have quite a few varieties between them .

    Some only discovered recently.

    Maybe someone or something just wants it to be really hard to get a full set ! :(

    What are the 1863 varieties? I must check mine out.

    Dot under lighthouse

    Do you have any pictures?

    There was one in the colin cooke collection 2006- It is still on the website even 6 years after colins death - A fantastic tribute to him :) and probably there for good - even more useful than colin's site (sorry colin)

    Sorry it's also on colins site as well but the coin ain't as nice

    It's not very clear in the pics on both sites but when you get a dot under lighthouse coin in the hand it's very obvious . (I have seen at least 3)

  3. Funny enough and thinking about it the three rarest bronze farthings 1863 ,1875 and 1876 H have quite a few varieties between them .

    Some only discovered recently.

    Maybe someone or something just wants it to be really hard to get a full set ! :(

    What are the 1863 varieties? I must check mine out.

    Dot under lighthouse

    Do you have any pictures?

    There was one in the colin cooke collection 2006- It is still on the website even 6 years after colins death - A fantastic tribute to him :) and probably there for good - even more useful than colin's site (sorry colin)

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