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Auction 1  25 Sep 2018
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Lot 162

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Victoria (1837-1901), bronze Farthings (7), 1881 (3), second and third with new obverse with longer thinner nostril, 1881 H, Heaton Mint (4), all with new obverse, placing of H sub-varieties respectively as with H nearer to first 8 in date, next with low H in contact with linear circle, next with low H above border, next with doubled H, "bun" type laureate and draped bust left, three berry wreath, rev. Britannia seated right on rock with trident and shield, lighthouse to left, ship to right, date in exergue (Peck 1901A, 1902, 1904; Fr.545 dies 6+C, 546 dies 7+C, 548 dies 7+E; 4th coin Cooke type B, 5th coin Cooke type D, 6th coin Cooke type E, 7th coin Cooke type F; S.3958, 3959). All lightly toned, with some to considerable lustre, all bar third coin graded and slabbed by CGS UK as CGS EF 70, CGS 85, third with light thumbprint each side otherwise uncirculated, CGS UNC 85, CGS UNC 82, CGS AU 78, CGS UNC 85 respectively. (7)
CGS UK certification 21227 – FA.V1.1881.02 labelled 3 Berries.
32635 - FA.V1.1881.03 labelled 3 Berries; third coin not slabbed.
9288 - FA.V1.1881.06 labelled H. Type B.
1521 - FA.V1.1881.08 CGS variety 8.
0015630 - FA.V1.1881.09 labelled H. Type E, CGS variety 9.
1496 - FA.V1.1881.10 CGS variety 10.
The Cooke varieties as defined in the Colin Cooke Collection Auction catalogue.

Provenance:
Second coin Ex The Finchampstead Collection, London Coins Auction 152, 5th March 2016, lot 2288 when this coin was the finest at CGS 85 of the 9 graded.
Third coin Ex St James Auction 37, 27th June 2016, lot 142.
Fourth coin apparently Ex PCGS holder graded MS64 RD.
Fifth coin Ex The Cheshire Collection, Ira and Larry Goldberg Auction 31, 30th May 2005, lot 3158 part, when graded by NGC as MS62 RB.
Sixth coin Ex London Coins Auction 142, 31st December 2013, lot 683.
Seventh coin apparently Ex NGC holder graded MS64 RD.

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