Farthing 1860 Toothed Border, 4 Berries, Freeman 499 dies 2+B, UNC with gold and magenta toning over mint lustre, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85, Ex-Roland Harris Collection London Coin Auction A124 Feb 28 2009 Lot 318 (part)
Farthing 1860 Toothed Border, Five Berries, Freeman 501 dies 3+B UNC with practically full lustre, a choice example, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85
Farthing 1860 Beaded Border, Freeman 496 dies 1+A, UNC with around 85% mint lustre, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85, Ex-Roland Harris Collection, London Coins Auction A124 February 2009 Lot 318 (part),
Farthings (8) 1840 Peck 1559 UNC toned, slabbed and graded LCGS 80, 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 496 dies 1+A A/UNC with traces of lustre, slabbed and graded LCGS 75, 1860 Toothed Border 4 Berries, Freeman 499 dies 2+B EF with traces of lustre, slabbed and graded LCGS 60, 1873 High 3 in date LCGS variety 01, Choice UNC with practically full lustre, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, 1874H Freeman 525 dies 4+C UNC or near so with traces of lustre, 1882H Broken F in F:D: Freeman 549 dies 7+F Lustrous UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, 1886 Freeman 557 dies 7+F, lustrous UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 82, 1890 Close Date, LCGS variety 02, by far the scarcer of the two main types, Lustrous UNC, slabbed and graded LCGS 80
Farthings (2) 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 496, dies 1+A, Virtually BU, the obverse with around 90% lustre, the reverse with practically full lustre, 1866 Close 66 in date, Freeman 514 dies 3+B, UNC the obverse choice with a very sharp strike, the reverse with light cabinet friction, with good subdued lustre
Farthing 1843 CGS variety 06 Reverse B. 9 1/4 teeth date spacing. B of BRITANNIAR has no top serif, and full lower serif. Second A of BRITANNIAR unbarred graded 82 by LCGS and with much lustre rare to see on coins before 1860
Farthing 1843 CGS variety 06 Reverse B. 9 1/4 teeth date spacing. B of BRITANNIAR has no top serif, and full lower serif. Second A of BRITANNIAR unbarred graded 82 by LCGS and with much lustre rare to see on coins before 1860
Farthing 1860 Toothed Border, Five Berries, Freeman 501 dies 3+B UNC with practically full lustre and a touch of mint bloom, the odd tiny spot barely detracts a choice example
Farthing 1860 Toothed Border, 4 Berries, Freeman 499 dies 2+B, UNC with gold and magenta toning over mint lustre, Ex-Roland Harris Collection London Coin Auction A124 Feb 28 2009 Lot 318 (part)
Farthing 1860 Beaded Border, Freeman 496 dies 1+A, UNC with around 85% mint lustre, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 85, the third finest known of 19 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, Ex-Roland Harris Collection, London Coins Auction A124 February 2009 Lot 318 (part),
Farthing 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 496 dies 1+A, Lustrous and with reflective surfaces, sharply struck and with much eye appeal, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 80
Farthing 1860 Toothed Border, 5 Berries, Freeman 501 dies 3+B, Choice UNC with 75%/50% lustre with touches of magenta toning, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 82
Farthings (4) 1860 Toothed Border 5 Berries Freeman 501 dies 3+B Lustrous UNC with a choice and colourful tone, 1865 Large fat 8 in date similar to Cooke 148 GEF with traces of lustre, 1879 Large 9 in date Freeman 540 dies 5+C Good Fine, 1881 Freeman 3 Berries with Closed 8 in date Freeman 545 dies 6+C Lustrous UNC
Farthings (2) 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 496 dies 1+A,UNC with good lustre, 1895 Bun Head Freeman 590 dies 7+F GEF nicely toned, with traces of lustre, scarce in this high grade
Farthing 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 496 dies 1+A Choice UNC and with around 80% lustre, the joint finest known of 19 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Farthings (2) 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 496 dies 1+A, 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 499 dies 2+B, both UNC with traces of lustre, the first with small spots
Penny 1864 Crosslet 4 Peck 1664 with 239/136 scratched in the obverse field, toned UNC with traces of lustre and a few small spots. The numbers were scratched into the field during the mastership of Professor Thomas Graham (1855-1869) have been shown by G.P.Dyer to represent overall output in tons of bronze coin minted since 1860 (the higher figure) and output in tons of that particular denomination since 1860 (the lower figure) This is not the example pictured in Michael Gouby's 'The British Bronze Penny' - Specialised Edition (Page 49) but displays a superb sharp strike. A highly desirable piece of Victorian bronze coinage history, as stated by Gouby there are only 2 examples known, this, Ex-D.W.Grey 20/10/1971, Lot 111, Ex-Seaby Bulletin, September 1974, item K162, Ex-Sotheby Auction 9/10/1979 Lot 257, Ex-Michael Freeman, and one other, the other example illustrated in Gouby's book being the Ex-Norweb, Ex-A.H.F.Baldwin example, described by Spink as 'Extremely Fine and attractively patinated'. A total of 34 'scratched field' bronze coins are recorded of all dates and denominations, made up of 20 Pennies, 7 Halfpennies and 7 Farthings. Of the 20 Pennies, 12 are known to be in the British Museum Collection, this being one of the remaining 8 available to commerce. An extremely rare opportunity to bid on a piece of Victorian numismatic history. We note a standard currency 1864 Crosslet 4 Penny in UNC sold in our March 2014 auction (Lot 1844) for £3978 inclusive of buyers premium.
Penny 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 10 dies 2+D UNC with around 75% lustre, Halfpenny 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 258 dies 1+A UNC with around 60% lustre ands a few small spots, Farthing 1860 Toothed Border 5 Berries Freeman 501 dies 3+B UNC toned
Farthing 1860 Bronze Proof, Toothed Border, 4 Berries, Freeman 500 dies 2+B, Choice Toned UNC with a hint of lustre, slabbed and graded CGS 88, Ex-London Coins Auction A108 Lot 1265, the joint finest of 2 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Farthings, varieties (7) 1860 5 Berries, Freeman 503 dies 3+B, UNC, slabbed and graded CGS 80, 1861 5 Berries, first 1 over low 1 CGS Variety 07, About UNC, slabbed and graded CGS 75, 1861 5 Berries No lower colon dot after F:D: CGS Variety 06 About UNC, slabbed and graded CGS 75, 1862 8 over 8 in date CGS Variety 09, UNC with lustre, slabbed and graded CGS 80, 1862 8 over 8 and 6 over 6 UNC and lustrous, slabbed and graded CGS 80, 1862 Large 6, closed 2 CGS Variety 07, lustrous UNC, slabbed and graded CGS 80, 1864 Serif 4 in date, CGS Variety 02, About UNC, slabbed and graded CGS 75
Farthing 1860 Toothed Border struck on a thick flan of approximately 1.5mm and weighing 4.15 grammes (normal is 2.8 grammes) Fine and unusual, unrecorded by Freeman
Farthing 1860 Beaded Border Freeman 496 dies 1+A, UNC and lustrous with an attractive magenta tone on the obverse, slabbed and graded CGS 88, a superb piece, the joint finest known of 19 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Farthing 1860 Toothed Border/Beaded Border MuleFreeman 498 dies 2+A VF/NEF with some surface marks on the obverse and an edge bruise at 1 o'clock on the obverse, Very Rare in grades above Fine
Farthing 1860 Pattern in aluminium by Adolf Weyl. Peck 2170, Freeman 901, Obverse Young Head by Wyon, date 1860 below bust, within narrow beaded circle and narrow raised rim, Reverse 4 shields cruciformly arranged, crowned joined by arches with roses, thistle and shamrock in the angles. Shields are of England, Scotland, Ireland and colonial emblems of elephant, sea-lion and kangaroo on the fourth shield UNITED KINGDOM AND GREATER BRITAIN and FARTHING below. Only one piece recorded by Peck. The piece being offered here is likely to be the only other known specimen and if so is likely to be the Murdoch example from Sotheby's in 1903 (Lot 691). A highly important piece. UNC and lustrous with some surface marks and small rim nicks, with considerable eye appeal, Ex-Colin Cooke 11/11/1997 £495
Farthing 1860 Toothed Border/Beaded Border muleFreeman 498 dies 2+A GVF with a couple of rim nicks, very rare especially in grades above Fine, Ex-Colin Cooke 30/8/1997
Farthing 1860 Copper Peck 1588 AU/GEF with Proof-like fields, a couple of small spots on Britannia's drapery barely detract, very few examples exist, the key coin in the Victorian Farthing series and seldom offered for sale
Farthings 1860 (2) Beaded Border Freeman 496 dies 1+A, 1860 Toothed Border Freeman 498 dies 2+B Lustrous UNC the second attractively toned on the obverse
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