Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 33 12 Jun 2019
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British Coins, Victoria, copper farthings (8): 1839; 1841; 1843; 1853, raised WW; 1857; 1858 (S.3950), extremely fine to uncirculated, some show lustre, or redness, or both; with 1846 (2), small and large 4, discoloured, very fine; half-farthings (2): 1843; 1844 (S.3951), both mint state (10)
*first, second, fourth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth bt. Colin Cooke lists 54, 58, 50, 49 (2), 69; third and fifth bt. W. A. Nichols, 2006, 2008; sixth bt. Croydon Coin Auctions, 2016
The two discoloured 1846 farthings are from a hoard of 80 coins found in the back of a fire grate in Plymouth.
(200-250 GBP)
*first, second, fourth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth bt. Colin Cooke lists 54, 58, 50, 49 (2), 69; third and fifth bt. W. A. Nichols, 2006, 2008; sixth bt. Croydon Coin Auctions, 2016
The two discoloured 1846 farthings are from a hoard of 80 coins found in the back of a fire grate in Plymouth.
(200-250 GBP)