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Monthly Auction 271830 29 July 2018
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Victoria Farthing 1897 MS64 Brown NGC, KM788.1, S-3963. Darkly toned with very crisp devices, the "unblackened" designation on the holder refers to the process whereby the Royal Mint began to blacken farthings after 1897 using sodium thiosulphate to reduce their resemblance to the gold 1/2 Sovereign.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 75-125 USD
Victoria Farthing 1897 MS64 Brown NGC, KM788.1, S-3963. Darkly toned with very crisp devices, the "unblackened" designation on the holder refers to the process whereby the Royal Mint began to blacken farthings after 1897 using sodium thiosulphate to reduce their resemblance to the gold 1/2 Sovereign.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 75-125 USD