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Thank you again. I bought the coin with which I began this thread as an 'unresearched hammered farthing' around two or three years ago. The one I've since added to the photo was bought as 'hammered halfpenny, possibly ED I-ED III' around the same time. Nothing groundbreaking but, as the total cost for the two came in at about £12, definitely worth having! :-)

The only other coin I bid on was the 1869 Penny, which jumped into the stratosphere very quickly, the bidding was frantic on it! The 1869 penny in the earlier Spink USA sale appeared to be a far nicer coin and sold for $750 less than the one in the Stack's sale.

Garrett ... Yep, the third farthings were struck for use in Malta. I have been there twice and it is a lovely place and the people very nice. Anyway, there is not a big date series for third farthings and not a big mintage for each date. So I started picking them up if the quality was there and the price was right. Gives me something to do if there are no eligible sixpences in the auction. It is nice to see the quality of engraving on such a small coin and the Victoria third farthings, in particular, have a very pleasing image of her.

I've just acquired an 1875H Penny that's graded by NGC as MS 64 RB at the Stack's-Bowers ANA auction.