Farthing 1845 Large Date, unlisted by Peck, but known to be Very Rare, Fine or slightly better with some small spots and surface marks, a seldom seen type
Farthing 1845 Large Date, unlisted by Peck VF with some surface nicks on the obverse, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 45, known to be a very rare variety, Ex-Andrew Wayne collection A113 June 2006 Lot 788 hammer price £170
Farthings (2) 1825 Obverse 1, Peck 1414 UNC or near so and lustrous, 1845 Peck 1566, Reverse B. 9 teeth date spacing. B of BRITANNIAR has no top serif, lower serif fully struck. Second A of BRITANNIAR unbarred, About EF with some lustre and a few small spots
Farthing 1845 Large Date CGS Variety 02 EF with some contact marks, slabbed and graded CGS 65, this type very rare in the higher grades, the finest known of 3 examples thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report, Ex-Capt.Wainwright Collection, Ex-Colin Cooke Collection Lot 217, Ex-R.Helestine collection
Farthing 1845 the date size slightly larger than the commoner 'small date' type Reverse B. Note the slightly different style to the 8, with the larger top loop, almost as if entered upside down, 8 1/2 teeth date spacing. B of BRITANNIAR has no top serif, lower serif fully struck. Note: weak lower colon dot after REG, About UNC and toned with traces of lustre, slabbed and graded CGS 78, a highly unusual piece which shows many different die combination were used for this date, this being one of only two examples recorded by the CGS Population Report, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction 215 September 2010, Lot 194
Farthing 1845 Reverse B, 5 over Low 5 in date CGS variety 04 GEF nicely toned, slabbed and graded CGS 70 Ex-Croydon Coin Auction 208 September 2008, Lot 405
Farthings, varieties (5) 1845 Reverse B, 5 over high 5, VF with some contact marks, slabbed and graded CGS 45, 1845 Reverse B O over O in VICTORIA GVF, slabbed and graded CGS 50, 1845 Reverse B 8 1/2 teeth date spacing CGS variety 05 in a CGS Yellow Ticket holder 'Cleaned VF', 1845 Reverse A 8 1/4 teeth date spacing EF with some small spots, in a CGS Yellow Ticket holder 'Verdigris EF', 1846 4 over high 4 and 6 over low 6, Cleaned VF in a CGS Yellow ticket holder
Farthing 1845 Reverse B. 9 teeth date spacing. B of BRITANNIAR has no top serif, lower serif fully struck. Second A of BRITANNIAR unbarred, Ex-Croydon Coin Auction 219 January 2012, Lot 168, the only example thus far recorded by the CGS Population Report
Farthing 1845 Large Date EF with traces of lustre and a couple of small spots, unlisted by Peck or Spink and known to be very rare especially in high grade, we note there was no example in the Roland Harris Collection, and the Andrew Wayne collection example was only VF (realised £170 hammer price LCA 113 5/6/2006)
Farthing 1845 Large Date unlisted in Peck VF or better with some surface nicks to the obverse, known to be very rare, we note the example in the Andrew Wayne collection was only VF
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