copper123

Look at this coin 1940 farthing - nothing rare there but in hand certainly it has the lovelest toneing I have ever seen lovely blues with a hint of lustre . Does anyone out there know why coins end up like this ?- it must be down to storage or something. I know they are all the rage in america and they have never really caught on here , but this coin might convert even me !

ok aprox 75 lol

I have a 1686 horrible grade but at least the dates clear

The 1721/0 is not very clear on the picture above but if you get an eyeglass out its certainly that variety - it took me an age to get a cheap one as they rarely come up for sale so when they do there is a big demand for them esp if fine or better . I would say your stop after date is certainly around NVF , but I also find these coins hard to grade perhaps better to just say its much better than normally found. It is certainly a £60 or £70 coin to an avid farthing collector , could even get £100

Wish I would look this good at 75

You have Put that pic on this thread B4 Paulus . Its still a belter though

I am certain you would have peter

Harder to find than you might think in this grade

All three 1721 varieties 1721, 1721. and 1721/0

Picked this up a couple of months ago rare , in fine or so grade for issue but light damage Still very nice though

OMG totally stunning!

I will not post the obverse as that beauty above is much better than mine anyway

will email you next few days ok colin

JUST LIKE BUSSES LOL

heres a nice IOM coin ()

NICE COPPER 1821 TONED FOR THOOSE WHO PREFER A COIN WITH NO LUSTRE

Hi there colin , could you tell me if this is a 1841 high 1 farthing please

I remember back in the seventies buying George Iv pennies just the common dates mind at 50p to a £1 same with halfpennies - I think you would really struggle to get your money back even now on then - stitched up is the word , I think most dealers sold modern (under 40 years old) to suckers at vast profits. Only now do we now understand how common some off these coins are mainly to do with ebay provideing a level playing field. Another thought back then we never really understood just how common 1839 and 1853 farthings are as well , I would suspect that many a collector in the seventies would have known they were common , but not how common.

If I remember rightly the 1868 proofs were issued in a set third farthing , farthing ,halfpenny and penny or was that the 1877 bronze set ? I am sure someone out there knows

Well i sold my coin in 2007 for around £25 and yours is for sale for around £42 so i think it is priced about right , it should not sell too fast but it also should not "stick" at that price .

WWWWWWWWooooooo just like miy old one that one - same grade as well - you did not happen to buy it in 2007 did you?

I remember i had a 1865/3 halfpenny clear as a bell overdate - got sold years ago and the money reinvested in my collection , farthings probably Was a lovely coin in fine or so grade and very rare and underated it often goes six or eight months before one appears on ebay

Nice coin , wish it was mine -reverse particularly good

Looks a bit dodgy to me - it is very round and well centred for a coin of that age - also it is a much faked period - I certainly would have been very warey about paying much for it

GEF/A/unc from that