Farthing 1771 Reverse A, the olive branch points to the right hand limb of BRITANNIA, the first 7 struck over a longer 7, by far the rarest of the three reverses, Peck 909, UNC the reverse with minor cabinet friction, traces of lustre further enhance the eye appeal, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 80. Rare and desirable in this high grade and comparable in grade to the example in the Colin Cooke collection
Farthing 1771 Reverse A, the olive branch points to the right hand limb of BRITANNIA, the first 7 struck over a longer 7, by far the rarest of the three reverses, Peck 909 Obverse UNC the reverse very near so with minor cabinet friction, traces of lustre further enhance the eye appeal. Rare and desirable in this high grade and comparable in grade to the example in the Colin Cooke collection
Farthing 1771 Olive branch points to the right limb of the first N in BRITANNIA, Reverse A, Peck 909, by far the rarest of the three reverse types for this date, the obverse with a nick on the top of the rim at 3 o'clock, otherwise EF with slight traces of lustre, and very rare thus, a high grade example of this key date and type rarity
Farthing 1771 Reverse C, Olive branch points to right hand limb of A, First 7 over 1 in date, toned UNC in an NGC holder and graded MS64 BN, very rare in this high grade, only two recorded of all types in higher grades by NGC
Farthing 1771 Reverse C Olive branch points to right limb of A in BRITANNIA, also first 7 over 1 in date (this weakly struck) CGS Variety 03 toned UNC with light cabinet friction, slabbed and graded CGS 78
Farthing 1771 Copper Proof, No stop on Reverse, Peck 910 EF with the distinctive raised rim cud on the reverse, Ex-J.Sugden collection, comes with certificate of authenticity from Farthing Specialist
Farthing 1771 Reverse C, First 7 over 1 in date, Olive branch points to the right limb of the A in BRITANNIA, Peck 909, UNC with around 35% lustre, extremely rare in this high grade
Farthing 1771 Reverse C, First 7 over 1 in date, Olive branch points to the right limb of the A in BRITANNIA, Peck 909, NEF with some surface deposit from vinyl storage, this possibly removable
Farthing 1771 Reverse B Peck 909 Olive branch points to left limb of N, VF/NVF with some surface residue in the King's hair, the obverse with a slightly uneven tone, Rare
Farthing 1771 Proof with no stop on the reverse Peck 910 nFDC and attractively toned with the raised rim cuds associated with the Proofs of this issue, Ex Colin Cooke 15/3/2000
Farthing 1771 Peck 909 Reverse A with the olive branch pointing to the right leg of the N in BRITAN, according to Cooke the rarest of the three currency die types recorded for this date NVF/VF with an edge nick by the second N in BRITANNIA
Farthing 1771 scarce VF two gentle edge bruises and some old thin scratches
£120
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