OAROLVS 1674 Farthing

[Ch2toWm4]

Here is a 1674 farthing in which the first "C" in the obverse legend looks like an "O".

Colin Cooke has a similar farthing. He indicated that, since 2 were now known, he would probably include this variety in a book on early milled farthings that he was writing.

[Emperor Oli]

Nice coin, shame about that awful verdigris!

[scottishmoney]

I really need to get a Charles II bronze from England. I only have them from Ireland and Scotland of course. Curiously, apparently as with the Scottish bawbees of Charles II, there are many varieties due to the manufacturing conditions.

It is a nice farthing even with the verdigris

[Hussulo]

Great find.

About the verdigris, I know cleaning coins is a normaly a no no, but when it's a rare coin as such I wonder if there is an argument to removing the verdigris to pevent damage to the coin?

Anyway I have never tried it but some members of another forum in America recomend Biox for the removal of verdigris. Link below:

http://dirtyoldcoins.com/store/product.php...at=2&bestseller

[josie]

Encounter some pierce in potatoe some by soaking it to olive oil.

and onced cleaned its grade lower or catagories as cleaned coin I dont know.

[Emperor Oli]

Great find.

Anyway I have never tried it but some members of another forum in America recomend Biox for the removal of verdigris. Link below:

http://dirtyoldcoins.com/store/product.php...at=2&bestseller

I wonder if that is too harsh for a relatively modern coin such as this? We need some product testing!

[Gary]

The spot of verdigris seen on the reverse looks to be dried out. It could be removed but will still leave a pitted surface, the damage is permanent. Light attacks of verdigris can be tackled with Contact Spray. This is a cleaning agent for electrical contacts. It is more effective on copper coins than bronze, probably due to the fact that electrical contacts are made from copper. It does not affect the patina of the coin. If you are going to try this then please try on worthless coins first and if you dont like the results then you know what not to do........

As for the O in Oarolvs, I am not convinced that it is an "O" . If you look at the O`s in CAROLO these are more oval in shape, where as the O in Oarolvs is almost perfectly round. How about a misaligned C being overpunched with a correctly aligned C with no attempt to correct the underlying misaligned C? If you closed the gap in the C in CAROLO then it would be as good as round!

[Colin G.]

As for the O in Oarolvs, I am not convinced that it is an "O" . If you look at the O`s in CAROLO these are more oval in shape, where as the O in Oarolvs is almost perfectly round. How about a misaligned C being overpunched with a correctly aligned C with no attempt to correct the underlying misaligned C? If you closed the gap in the C in CAROLO then it would be as good as round!