Bronze & Copper Collector

Go ahead, Stake your life on it.... That's exactly what it is..... Obverse 6, Reverse D, F-29.... UNLESS it's a 6/8, which I don't think it is........ or a Proof F-31, which is unlikely....... But it IS an Obverse 6, Reverse D.....

The powers that be need to terms with the fact that the accepted references were compiled by field research and by documenting the results.... It is in no way absolute nor accepted to be complete.... new discoveries are made every day.... This is accepted by US collectors regarding US coins, so why should they have a closed mind regarding world coins..... although they do...... If not for the collectors with eager and eagle eyes, these new discoveries would not be made, so why not believe their own eyes.... I agree with your assessment that most people accept the authoritative reference works as the final authority, without accepting the fact that they might be incomplete insofar as discoveries made since (whatever book is involved) it was published..... Just look how many new varieties are now accepted since the last (1986 {the 2006 was essentially just a reprint} edition of Freeman..... Were their existence denied because Freeman did not document them??? Was the discovery, in a junk box, of a UNIQUE US 1870-S HALF DIME refuted because no one had ever seen one before??? Or because it was not in the Redbook (the OFFICIAL Guide Book of US Coins)???? I think not....... http://www.coinfacts.com/half_dimes/seated...s_half_dime.htm Ultimately, Service providers will have to learn that if they want to succesfully provide a service, they will have to provide the service that the consumer wants.....

Sort of reminiscent of the PCGS Farthing Mule dispute earlier this year........

Hussulo is correct..... Probably the best book encompassing ALL the bronze coinage is the Freeman opus....... For a work SPECIALIZING in JUST the bronze pennies and expanding upon Freeman I would recomend The British Bronze Penny by Michael Gouby...... http://www.michael-coins.co.uk/BPbook.htm For the extremist, there is also SATIN GUIDE to the VICTORIAN BUNHEADS from 1860-1865 Additionally, there are many unrecorded and or minor variants such as recut letters, date spacings, etc.... Peck is excellent for the COPPER coinage

I believe it to be an F-67....... Obverse 6, Reverse H, Rarity R-12......... A scarcer variety of the 1874's

Not as bad as this ebay listing was.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=018

Teg, The coin you linked to in your post is being sold by Michael Freeman, so it must have more value than you or I expect! <gggg>. Bob C. Thank You Bob, I was just going to make note of that fact, and I see that you beat me too it...... Honestly though, I' not really sure that I see it....... It's a POOR specimen.... I would love to be proved incorrect. Indeed the fact that this almost certain 1672 has a very low 2 is interesting. Most 1676 (types) are 1675 with a broken 5. It's not 100% infallible - but after 1672 nearly all CII farthings have the last O of CAROLO between the hair ribbons. This does not. Colin Cooke did not believe in a 1676 farthing, the closest chance you could get would be a 1679 with a possible inverted 9. Mr Freeman has been proved wrong on new (Victorian) farthing dates before. I don't think that early farthings are his speciality. So a difference of opinion then! Teg HI Teg, Although I do collect farthings, they are not my specialty, but you do make some VERY valid and astute observations, and, as I tend to doubt that this is a 1676, I am inclined to give credence to your assessment of this coin......

Teg, The coin you linked to in your post is being sold by Michael Freeman, so it must have more value than you or I expect! <gggg>. Bob C. Thank You Bob, I was just going to make note of that fact, and I see that you beat me too it...... Honestly though, I' not really sure that I see it....... It's a POOR specimen....

ain't it the truth......... Amen...

Although I feel provenance in important, it does not play a vital role in acquisitions.... I have the Colin Adams F-21 (acquired via Laurie Bamford) No ticket, but informed as such by Laurie. I acquired 2 coins from the Laurie Bamford sale as the original purchaser..... The images from the sale document the coins I have the Freeman F-76 WITH his ticket. I HAD (and sold) the Freeman F-27 WITH his ticket (and that was a selling point) [i have a better exaple now]. I have the Colin Cooke F-530 (mounted in an album) but I have his envelope mounted in the back for future use/reference when needed. I have a few coins from the Dr Nicholson collection (mounted in an album), but I have the envelopes mounted in the back for future use/reference when needed. I do NOT go out of my way FOR provenence, but if it can be documented or noted, I try to preserve the information...

Congratulations Hussulo

Annoying laptop keyboard..... Should have said "BEST OF LUCK"

Glad to have helped..... Bet of Luck....

Batty has a few varieties listed.... See attached pdf Copy_of_1839_quarter_farthing.pdf

Bramah only seems to list one variety also....

Yes I too have a Vicky one. The only real way you can tell is to look at it through magnification. That's not to say real ones don't exist however they are quite are rare and valuable. I have only seen genuine British examles on more modern coins from the 1970's. I have got a two tailed coin but it's not British. NICE !!!!!!!!!

Chris is probably correct.... These turn up periodically on ebay..... I think I even have one somewhere.......

I've seen them sell for 4 times that amount..... with higher shippng too.... That WAS a bargain.....

Well Done!!!!!!

He was lucky. I've had cheques and coins not arrive at their intended destination both as buyer and seller, and internationally too. Two lots I won in the Heritage sale of June last year, resurfaced in the US in January. That's 7 months after posting. The 1881H penny mentioned in the footnote to lot 111 of the Bamford sale I am led to believe turned up after 11 months. Moving away from coins, a letter I sent to Southampton University was returned to me after 3 months - addressee unknown! Presumably the 15 - 20,000 staff and students of this institution will not be too happy that they have ceased to be. Another instance involved a letter posted in Bolton (10 miles away) with a Philipines Post redirection stamp. The postal service does a reasonable job in getting most of the letters to where they are intended to go, but sometimes the wayward ones leave me a little bemused. Close.... The 1881-H took 8 months, and arrived in a post office body bag.... for damaged or ripped envelopes....... I've had 7 or 8 (that I recall) incoming (UK to USA) packets get lost as well as a few domestic packages..... Most were of relatively minor value, but one packet did contain an 1860 farthing mule..... I don't recall any outgoing packets getting lost, although I once received notification from UPS that my envelope arrived empty.....fortunately I had the address on the packet inside which was later found and delivered to the addressee.....

Looks like a VERY EARLY strike.....About 10 years early...... LOL.....1864 not 1874...... Seriously though, from the image,, it looks like an F-48, crosslet 4

Low grade also......

I have one in my collection and know of 2 or 3 more.....

Heritage Ultra High Relief Wire Rim Coin Facts Coin Gallery

Always at a premium when it has a date...... great acquisition