1844 Half Farthing, Inverted U for O in Victoria.

[Guest tank_e_lad]

I Have 3 1844 Half Farthings, all with an inverted u for the o in Victoria. Does anyone know how rare or how much they are worth ?

Email me tankylad@tiscali.co.uk for a photo of the coin.

[guyincog 0]

The one I have has a bit missing from the O as well as several other die flaws. Not a U as such but more like a horseshoe. Most of the examples currently on Ebay seem to have the same flaws.

So probably not very rare. Spink values for this coin are way off. CC2006 has the correct figures (£4 in EF).

[Guest tank_e_lad]

Cheers.

[guyincog 0]

Looked into this a bit more. Michael Gouby lists this as a minor variety (broken O) and prices it slightly higher (few £) than the usual one. So a bit more valuable but not much.

[Voynov_BG 3]

Hi,

I have found this half farthing, with defect at left - from die crack, what do you think - can want some value over catalogue or not for similar defect? Coin is approx. EF (US) or maybe goodVF (UK).

Thanks...

[Peckris2 0]

Hi,

I have found this half farthing, with defect at left - from die crack, what do you think - can want some value over catalogue or not for similar defect? Coin is approx. EF (US) or maybe goodVF (UK).

Thanks...

I would have said "no", but it would be interesting to see what others say.

[Colin G. 147]

Die cracks are quite common in this series, and generally do not add to the value of a coin, if anything they can actually detract from the value

[Voynov_BG 3]

Thanks for the help!