Farthings and Half Farthings (50) Farthings (47) Charles II date worn, William III date worn, 1694 (3) Fair (2) and Poor, 1733 Fair, 1736 VG, 1754 Near Fine with green patina and surface dirt, 1799 Near Fine with an edge knock, 1821 Fair, 1822 (20 Near Fine and Fine, 1823 Roman 1 in date VG, 1825 (2) both VG, 1826 Bare head Near Fine, 1828 Fine, 1831 VG, 1834 VG, 1835 VG, 1837 VG, 1853 WW Raised, Near Fine,1861 1861 Fine, 1862 VG, 1865 VG, 1866 Normal 66 Fine, 1875HFine, 1878 8 over lower 8 VG, 1879 Near Fine, 1881 VG, 1884 Near Fine, 1885 Fine, 1886 (2) About Fine and Good Fine, 1891 Near Fine, 1893 VG, 1894 Near Fine, 1895 Veiled Head Fine, 1896 Fine, 1897 Good Fine, 1898 VG, VG cleaned, 1900 (2) Fine and Near Fine, 1901 Fine, 1909 NVF, 1917 Fine, 1918 VF, Half Farthings (3) 1844 (2) both Fine, and 1844 Broken O in VICTORIA VF, some with surface marks and/or surface residue
GB and World a wide ranging group includes Pre-1920 Silver £2.87½ face, Pre 1947-silver £2.15 face, in mixed circulated grades, Halfcrown 1947 Fine, MaundyPenny 1834 Good Fine with some edge nicks. Penny 1806 Fair, Halfpennies (6) 1694, 1747, 1748, 177- (last date digit worn), 1799 (2), in mixed lower grades, Farthings (58) Victoria to George VI, in mixed grades, most Fine to VF includes 1946 EF, GB Decimal Issues (37) Five Pound Crowns (8) 1990 (2) UNC, 1996 (2) EF and UNC, 1997 UNC, 2001 (3) A/UNC and UNC (2), Two Pounds (17), Fifty Pence (12) a good mix of types, in mixed circulated grades, Crowns (5) 1935 GVF, 1965 A/UNC, 1972 UNC, 1977 GEF, 1981 A/UNC, Fantasy Crowns by INA (6) 1879 Reverse George and the Dragon left, a set of three in copper, golden alloy and silver, UNC, 1937 Edward VIII a set of three in copper, golden alloy and silver, Obverse: D.R.Golder head left, Reverse as the Double Florin type of 1887 Lustrous UNC, World in silver (6) Australia (2) Florin 1918M Fine, Sixpence 1940 Near Fine/Fine, India One Rupee 1890 Bombay, B incuse Fine, South Africa (2) Halfcrown 1940 VG, Two Shillings 1892 VG, France One Franc 1905 VG, World in base metal (15) 19st to 21st century in mixed grades generally in line with age, Medal RMS Lusitania 1917 A/UNC boxed with paperwork, Replica Shilling 'Daily Mail' 1914-1915 'The Kings Shilling' UNC in the blister pack of issue, all in an aluminium case, this with the catches broken
Farthings and Fractional Farthings (50) Farthings (42) 1672 (3) Fine (2) and Fair, 1674 Fair/VG, 1694 (3) VG and Near Fine (2), 1719 Small letters VF, 1719 Large Letters VG, 1724 VG, 1739 VG, 1754 VG, 1799 Good Fine, 1806 Fine, 1821 (2) both Fine, 1825 (2) both VG, 1826 Bare Head VG, 1837 Good Fine, 1860 Beaded Border VF, 1861 NVF, 1875H Good Fine, 1878 (2) Fine and VF, 1887 NVF, 1890 (2) NVF and VF, 1893 (2) GF and VF, 1896 GF/NVF, 1898 (2) NVF and NEF, 1902 VF, 1905 NVF/VF, 1907 VF, 1908 Fine, 1909 Good Fine, 1933 EF with lustre, 1940 Good Fine, 1953 GEF/UNC and lustrous, 1955 Lustrous UNC with some small spots, Half Farthings (5) 1843 NEF, 1844 (4) NVF, VF (2) and NEF, Third Farthings (3) 1827Good Fine, 1835 (2) Fine and Good Fine, along with a further group (22) Groats (2) 1843 VG, 1855 Fine, SilverThreepences (9) 1919, 1922, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 VG to Fine Fantasy issues (5) Halfcrown 1952 and Silver Threepences 1945 (4) these EF to UNC and lustrous, Jeton 1761 Queen Anne VF, Gaming Token 1790 Fine, Farthing Tokenundated Arthur Walker, Huddersfield 'Our Boys Clothier' Fine, GB Decimals (2) Five Pence 1990 Fine, One Penny EF and lustrous, Croatia One Kuna 2005 GEF and lustrous
Halfpennies and Farthings (10) comprising Halfpennies (4) 1694 Near Fine/VG, 1699 Date in Exergue, VG or better, 1720 Fine, 1722 with traces of 2 over 1 Fine with a flan crack at the edge of the reverse, Farthings (6) 1719 Large letters VG/Near Fine, 1754 Bold Fine, 1822 VF, 1825 Good Fine, 1826 VF with some scratches, 1873 Low 3 in date Good Fine/Fine, along with Halfpenny Token 18th Century Dublin 1794 Maltese Crosses divide the legend, DH40 About VF
Shilling 1723SSC First Bust engraved on the obverse 'M Inman Ob.March 17 1768 VG/Fine, MaundyFourpence 1683 Good Fine/Fine with a colourful tone, Farthings (16) 1673 (2), 1694, 1695, 1723, 1754, 1773 Contemporary Counterfeit, 1799 (4), 1806, 1828, 1830, 1834, Fair to Near Fine, Third Farthing Fine/Good Fine with some verdigris
Twopences to Farthings (10) Twopence 1797 Fine with good edge, Pennies (2) 1797 Fine, 1895 2mm Fair/VG, Halfpennies (3) 1774 Near Fine, 1775 Contemporary Counterfeit VG, 1799 About Fine, Farthings (4) 1737 Large Date VG, Rare, 1773 Contemporary Counterfeit, a partial brockage ?, Obverse worn, reverse VG, 1826 Bare Head NVF the reverse with some surface dirt, 1883 GVF, along with Scotland Bodle/Turner 1694 IMPVNE reverse S.5674 Fair, Ireland Halfpenny 1805 VG
Farthings (38) Charles II to Victoriacopper issues, comprising 1673, 1674, 1674 Closed C in CAROLVS, 1675, 1679, 1694, 1695, 1697, 1699 Date in Legend, 1700 R over B in TERTIVS and BRITANNIA, 1700, 1719 Legend continuous over bust, Rare, 1720, 1724, 1736, 1737 Small Date, 1737 Small, Wide Date, 1741, 1746, 1749, 1754, 1773, 1799 (2), 1806, 1822, 1823, 1823 Roman 1 in date, 1825 D over U in DEI, 1826 Bare Head, 1831, 1834, 1836, 1845, 1847, 1850, 1853 WW Raised, 1856 Fair to VF, would make an interesting study group for the Farthing variety specialist
Twopences to Farthings (19) comprising Twopence 1797 Fine with a good edge, Pennies (3) 1797 VG or better, 1841 REG No Colon VF, 1855 Plain Trident, Near Fine, Halfpennies (5) 1694 (2) NVG and About Fine, 1772 GEORIVS error legend Good Fine with an edge bruise, 1772 NVF, 1806 Fine, Halfpennies Contemporary Counterfeits 1775 (2) VF/NVF and VG, Farthings (8) 1672 Fine, 1719 VG or better, 1773 Fine, 1826 First Reverse, About Fine, 1828 (2) the first NEF with some surface deposit, the second Good Fine, 1834 Fine/Good Fine, 1932 GVF
Farthings (83) Charles I Rose, Charles I Richmond (2) mintmark Cross and mintmark Rose, 1672, 1673, 1674 (2), 1675, William and Mary Tin issue, date not legible, (Fair), 1694 (2), 1694 Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA, 1695 second T in TERTIVS blundered (I over inverted T?), 1696, 1697, 1699 Date in Legend, 1699 Date in Exergue (2), 1700 Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA Peck 669, 1719, 1720, 1721, 1722, 1724, 1730, 1731 1 over lower 1, 1732, 1733, 1734, 1735, 1735 3 over 5, 1736 (2), 1737 Small Date, 1739, 1741, 1744, 1746 the 6 overstruck, the underlying figure unclear, 1749, 1750, 1754 (2), 1773 (2) on VF, 1775, 1775 Contemporary Counterfeit, 1806, 1807, 1821, 1822 (2, one gilded), 1823, 1825, 1826 First Reverse (2), 1826 Bare Head, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1836, 1837, 1840 , 1841, 1842, 1843, 1845, 1846, 1847, 1850, 1851, 1853 WW Incuse, 1853 WW Raised, 1854 WW Incuse (2), 1855 WW Incuse, 1855 WW Raised, 1856, 1857 and 1911 on a small flan, Fair to VF, most of the earlier dates Fair to VG
Pennies to Fractional Farthingscopper issues (113) comprising Pennies (15), Halfpennies (33), Farthings (58) includes 1675, 1694, 1825 D over U in DEI, 1846, 1849, Half Farthings (4), in mixed grades Fair to Fine, Halfpenny Contemporary Counterfeit 1776 VG, Halfpenny 18th Century Token - Anglesey 1791 Near Fine, and Penny 19th Century Token Cornwall - Penny 1812 Scorrier House VG
Farthings (17) 1694, 1754 (2), 1821 (2), 1822 Obverse 2 (5), 1825 Obverse 1 (2) both with 5 over 5 in the date, 1828, 1830 (2), 1843 and 1853, first VG, the others Fine to GVF
Halfpennies, Farthings and Half Farthing (7) Halfpennies (3) 1694 Peck 602 Fine or better for wear, on a porous flan, 1799 5 Incuse Gunports Peck 1248 NEF, 1853 Italic 5 GVF with an edge bruise, Farthings (3) 1697 Peck 659 About Fine with some porosity, 1799 Peck 1279 NEF, 1806 Incuse Curl Peck 1396 VF, Half Farthing 1844 Peck 1594 VF, along with Ireland Farthing 1806 S.6622 GVF/NEF
Copper and Bronze (13) Third Farthing 1902 EF/GEF with some lustre, Farthings (7) 1679 Fair, 1694 First A in BRITANNIA and Last A in MARIA unbarred VG, 1697 Fair VG, Pattern Farthing or Medaletundated in copper Montagu 18 Obverse: Mary facing right, Reverse: a rose branch, Fine, 1714 a cast copy in copper VG, 1773 contemporary counterfeit of good style NVF/Fine, 1775 contemporary counterfeit struck off-centre Fair, Halfpennies (2) 1806 Fine, 1807 Fine, Penny 1807 Near Fine/Fine, Model Penny by Joseph Moore, undated bimetallic Fine/NVF weak in the centre, Ireland Halfpenny 1775 VG
Farthings (9) 1675 Fair, 1694 VG, 1721 VG, 1744 Fair, 1806 Incuse Dot on truncation NVF, 1822 Good Fine, 1825 NVF, 1838 Fine, 1853 WW Raised Good Fine, Half Farthing 1844 NEF with a tone spot on the reverse
Farthings of each English Monarch a set in a glass frame (23) James I to Elizabeth II comprising James I Lennox, mintmark Triangle VG, Charles I Richmond Fair, 1672 VG, James II Tin Poor, 1694 VG, 1714 ANNA REGINA counterfeit VG, 1719 Fair, 1754 VG, 1799 VG, 1825 approaching Fine, William IV (5) 1831 VG, 1834 VG, 1835 VG, 1836 Fine, 1837 VG, 1838 VG/Near Fine, 1866 Good Fine/Fine, 1901 Good Fine, 1909 Fine, 1934 Near Fine, 1946 Lustrous A/UNC and 1954 Lustrous GEF all easily removable, BronzePenniesVictoria to George VI (173) includes 1864 Plain 4 ,1902 Low Tide (4), 1912H (4), 1918KN (2) in lower circulated grades
Copper and Bronze (10) Halfpennies (6) 1694 VG, 1717 Fine, the reverse minted on an imperfect flan, with a large flaw on Britannia, 1772 NVF, 1775 Contemporary Counterfeit on a thin flan of 6.2 grammes NVG, 1826 Good Fine, 1827 Fine, some scratches, Farthings (4) 1675 VG the reverse better, 1694 No Stop after MARIA VG the reverse better, 1736 VG, 1823 Roman 1 in date VG
Halfpennies (2) 1719, 1720, Farthings (11) 1672, 1673, 1694 (2), 1696 Small B in BRITANNIA, 1722, 1731, 1754, 1775, 1807, 1825, Farthing Contemporary Counterfeit 1737 on a thin flan, in mixed grades VG to Good Fine
Twopences to Farthings Charles II to William IV (28) comprising Twopence 1797, Pennies (4) 1797, 1826, 1831, 1831 .W.W, Halfpennies (12) Charles II 167 (-) unclear, 1694, 1697, 1699 Date in Legend, 1700, 1717, 1723, 1739, 1743, 1772, 1799, 1807, Farthings (11) 1675, 1694 Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA, 1699 Date in Legend, 1700, 1721 Stop After Date, 1754, 1773, 1799, 1806, 1821, 1826 Second Reverse in mixed grades VG to GVF includes some useful pieces
Copper and Bronze (16) Penny 1901, Halfpennies (5) 1694 Unbarred A's in MARIA (About Fine), 1908, 1915, 1924, 1933, Farthings (7) 1672 (Fine), 1873 High 3, 1888, 1890 Close Date, 1893, 1895 Bun Head NVF/GF, 1899, Half Farthing, Third Farthing 1902, Quarter Farthing 1839, unless stated EF to UNC the majority with good lustre
GB and World a small group (10) GB (8) Halfcrown 1689 First Shield, No Frosting, Pearls VG/NF with graffiti in the reverse field, Shilling 1890 in an NNC holder and graded AU55, Sixpence 1723SSC S over Sideways S in GEORGIVS, in an NNC holder and graded VF20, Twopence 1797 Good Fine with some edge nicks, Penny 1806 in an NNC holder and graded AU50, Farthings (2) 1694 Last A in BRITANNIA unbarred VG, 1829 About Fine, porous, Third Farthing 1913 in an NNC holder and graded MS66 Red, Straits Settlements One Cent 1873KM#9 in an NNC holder and graded AU50, British West Indies 1/8 Dollar 1822 NVF pitted
Farthings (7) 1694 Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA Peck 622 Fine on a porous flan, comes with old collector's ticket 'Seaby May 1967 25/-', 1700 Fine, comes with old collector's ticket 'Stewart Ward, London June 1968 £4-7-6', 1736 VF, comes with old collector's ticket 'Seaby Oct 27th 1967, 45/-', 1773 GVF, comes with old collector's ticket 'Skelton, New Haw, Weybridge, March 1967 35/-', 1799 EF, comes with old collector's ticket 'Seaby 1964 17/6', 1806 GVF/NEF, comes with old collector's ticket 'Seaby July 1964 10/6', 1826 Second Head GEF comes with old collector's ticket 'Baldwin 1964 20/-'
Copper and Bronze (29) Pennies (2) 1826, 1858, Halfpennies (16) 1694, 1701 Peck 705 variant Inverted A's for V's on the obverse, with a Large 0 in the date touching the exergue line and inverted V's for A's on the reverse, 1717, 1723, 1733, 1735, 1740 (2), 1742, 1748, 1770, 1770 No Stop Reverse, 1799, 1826, 1848 8 over 7, 1871, Farthings (11) 1675, 1694, 1714 cast copy, 1720, 1746, 1773, 1754, 1806 Gilded, 1823, 18329 2-pronged trident, 1839, in mixed grades VG to GVF some with surface residue from vinyl storage, this possibly removable with care
Halfpennies (13) 1694 with all four date figures struck on the exergue line, 1695, 1699 Date in Exergue Small date figures, 1699 Date in Exergue, 1700 (2), 1701 Unbarred A's on Reverse large 0 in date, 1733, 1799 (3), 1807, 1861, Farthings (5) 1675, 1821 (3), 1822, one 1821 EF, the others VG to VF
Pennies 1797 (2), Halfpennies (14) 1694, 1719, 1723, 1724, 1734, 1738, 1746, 1747, 1752, 1771 (VF), 1772 (2), 1773, 1806, Farthings (6) 1679, 1720, 1749, 1754 (2), 1799, in mixed grades VG to Fine unless stated, along with MaundyFourpence 1687 VG holed and ThreepenceCharles I VF but holed and with two large edge chips
Farthings (15) 1672 struck on a thick flan GF, 1675 O over A in CAROLVS Fair, 1675 Narrow date, Fair, 1675 No Stop after CAROLVS VG, James II Tin (2) both Poor, 1694 No Stops Obverse NVG, 1699 Date in legend Fair, 1699 Date in exergue, Fair, 1721 21 over 20 VG, 1723 VG, 1730 First N in BRITANNIA missing, About Fine, 1732 2 over 1 VG, 1735 wide spaced REX Good Fine, 1775 5 over 3 VG
Farthings a collectionWilliam and Mary to Victoria (44) 1694, 1719, 1746, 1754, 1773, 1774, 1799, 1822 (3), 1825 (2), 1826 Second Head, 1827, 1831 blundered 3 in date, 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1840, 1843, 1845 (2), 1847 (2), 1850, 1853 WW Raised (2), 1857, 1859, 1863, 1869, 1875 Large Date (2), 1875H, 1883 (2),1886, 1892 (3), 1895 Bun head (3) in mixed grades some VF to EF
Farthings 1694 (9) an interesting study group includes overstruck letters, unbarred letters, stop varieties and exergue line varieties, many with old collectors tickets, VG to Near Fine
Farthings a small group includes some varieties (7) 1694 Double Exergue Line, 1843 3 over 2 Near Fine, 1850 5 over 7 Good Fine once cleaned, 1852 GVF, 1855 WW Incuse VF, 1858 Small Date, Fine, rare, 1879 Large 9 Fine
Farthings (17) 1690, 1694, 1694 No Stop after MARIA, 1694 No Stop after BRITANNIA, 1694 No stops on obverse, 1694 Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1699 Date in Exergue, 1699 Date in Legend, 1700, 1700 RRITANNIA error, 1719 (3) in mixed grades to VG to About Fine
Farthings (14) 1672 Loose Drapery (2), 1673, 1674, 1694, 1696, 1697, 1699 Date in Legend, 1719 Small Obv Letters, 1719 Large Obv Letters, 1721, 1722, 1723, 1724 in mixed grades VG to Good Fine
Farthings (6) 1690 Tin edge with no detail so exact attribution not possible, date clear in exergue Poor has been in the ground, Farthing 1699 SilverProof No Stop after date Peck 682 About Fine holed and plugged, 1694 No stop after Maria unbarred first A in Britannia Peck 618 GF/NVF with porous fields, Extremely rare. We note a similar example in Fine condition sold for £100 Hammer price in Auction A120 March 2008, Farthing 1866 Wide 66 Freeman 514 dies 3+B UNC with traces of lustre and a striking flaw in the reverse field, 1863 Freeman 509 dies 3+B (2) Near VF and Near Fine
Farthings (10) 1694, 1695, 1696, 1697, 1698 Date in Legend, 1698 Date in exergue, 1699 Date in Legend, 1699 Date in Exergue, 1700 (2) in mixed grades to Fine
Farthings (19) 1675 (2) VG and Fine, 1690 VG, 1694 (3) VG-Fine, 1700 VG, 1719 (2) VG and Fine, 1720 VG, 1722 VG, 1723 VG, 1733 About Fine, 1735 About Fine, 1744 Good Fine, 1746 GVF, 1749 VF, 1773 Contemporary Counterfeit About Fine, 1806 Fine, plus Mary Medalet NF, South Wales Farthing token 1793 Fine and imitation Half Guinea 1801 in copper Good Fine
Pennies (8) 1864 Plain 4, 1864 Crosslet 4, 1865 holed and stamped 'E PICOTIN APERITIF', 1879, 1891 with '3' stamped on the reverse, 1919H, 1926 Modified Effigy, 1946 dot after ONE variety, Halfpennies (3) 1694, 1699 Date in legend, Unbarred A's in BRITANNIA, 1775 contemporary counterfeit, Farthings 1860 Toothed Border (2), DecimalPenny date worn, in mixed grades VG-NVF
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