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english farthing coin
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Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:10 pm
by myfundsarelow
Re: english farthing coin
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Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:16 pm
by bman
I thought farthings were bigger...closer to a half dollar size.
Re: english farthing coin
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Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:28 pm
by myfundsarelow
hi b man i also have an english penney of the size you mentioned dated 1931 this coin i have is slitley larger then the american cent it fit in a reg ,penney wrapper PEAC@!!
Re: english farthing coin
Posted:
Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:10 pm
by bman
Neat find, does it look like this one?
Re: english farthing coin
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Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:03 am
by myfundsarelow
hello b man yes this is the coin that i have in my first post i stated that the date was 1861 but it is dated 1869 loos like copper or bronze thank you for your picture PEACE!!
Re: english farthing coin
Posted:
Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:54 am
by AGgressive Metal
A Farthing was 1/4th of a British Penny, and 1/960th of a Pound under the pre-decimal system.
Re: english farthing coin
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Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:10 pm
by myfundsarelow
AGgressive Metal, thank you for the information on this farthing coin PEACE !!
Re: english farthing coin
Posted:
Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:51 pm
by Rexor
Coin should be 95Cu-4Sn-1Zi. My catalog, from 2009, values a "Fine" example at 15 pounds and a "Very Fine" example at 50 pounds. Otherwise, "really" old english pennies and farthings are fairly common.