1698 farthing, date in exergue.

[Michael-Roo]

 

It being one of the hardest to find of the series I thought fellow fans of early milled copper may be interested in seeing this.

I rarely buy coins these days, and almost never from Ebay, but I'd noticed it listed at the weekend and, knowing how seldomly these are offered for sale, decided to have a pop.

The coin came with the original owners ticket. Does anyone here know anything about Lord Waltham or the 1941 sale mentioned? You'll see too The Farthing Specialist (John Minshull?) had graded it in the 1970s as 'very good fine'. This seems a little generous these days, however, as my winning bid was only £31.01 (far below my maximum), I'm very happy with it.

Apologies for the crappy photos. I don't have the iPad at the moment so have had to use my phone.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 12, 2018 by Michael-Roo

[Rob]

Spink weren't doing sales in 1941. That will be a purchase from the Circular.

[Michael-Roo]

 

Thanks Rob. 

And any idea who Lord Waltham was when he was at home?

[copper123]

Fantastic price wish that coin was mine , its been missing from my farthing collection for years

Would grade it as Good fine  and worth every penny of £100

You are very lucky to have it

[Michael-Roo]

24 minutes ago, copper123 said:

Fantastic price wish that coin was mine , its been missing from my farthing collection for years

Would grade it as Good fine  and worth every penny of £100

You are very lucky to have it

Possibly a little more than £100. This damaged specimen realised £400 hammer at LCA five years ago.

 

 

[copper123]

Wow  date really clear on that one - pity about the damage

[pokal02]

I spotted one of these at an antiques fair about 15 years ago  @ Alexandra Palace once priced at £8 (it was about F).  I managed to haggle down to £7 and sold it for £50 on EBay (fairly cheap - F was £200 in Spink at the time). I'd completed a date collection of farthings (excluding proofs etc) in the 1980's but sold up in the early 90's to concentrate on higher denominations - remembered how rare this one was when I saw it.