Farthing Memorial for Colin Cooke - post your farthings

MacCrimmon

1853/2




A FINAL TRIBUTE IN FARTHINGS.......

wybrit

After seeing that farthing, it's hard to follow!!

Sorry it's a scan, but it was one of my last corespondences with Colin.

According to Spink, the 1862 with Large '8' is extremely rare. Colin believes this to be a large '8' variety, though pictures can be deceiving.

CoinAddict

Would a 1/3 Farthing be okay?

1jester

I have no farthings to show, but just wanted to comment on how lovely those presented are. Mac, is that about an MS-68?

MacCrimmon

CA! Very sweet 1/3 f....love it!

Wybrit! Looks like a 'large 8' to me. Nice find.

68? Please Jester, no such animal exists......it might go 65 on a 'giving' day. But who cares, it's raw and colourful. I call it Indian Summer.

more! more!

Sylvestius

I own a few farthings, none of them particularly fantastic since i've never focused on this area.

Although i feel it appropriate to post a picture of that 1684 tin farthing i mentionned in the other thread that Colin assisted me in dating. It was my most expensive base metal coin, i held onto it for about a year but eventually sold it due to the corrosion, it was a nice high grade specimen though regardless, alot of detail remained. The edge corrosion didn't bother me too much, but the green tinge on the copper plug concerned me, i didn't want it to spread to the rest of my collection (as they are all in a cabinet) so it got sold.

Excuse my terrible photo... (it's the only one i've got left).

cosmicdebris

Teg

Not a pretty coin maybe.
I got to show this to Colin just before Christmas.
I handed it to him and asked what he thought.
He looked at the obverse for a minute, and said 'I could write a book
about this coin.
He looked at the reverse and his jaw dropped.



This coin is the first evidence of a 1700 / 1699 overdate.
This posting is the first publication of this variety.
Colin did not offer to buy it then. He later told me that he thought
I would enjoy having a farthing that he didn't.
Later he offered to buy it saying it "deserved" to be in his collection.

Teg

theboz11

AuldFartte

My favorite, 1821 ...

MacCrimmon

Syl, very fitting tin farthing, and quite nice surfaces. I'll never forget some of the superb tin 1/4d. Colin sold from the Nicholson collection.....National Treasures.

Teg, somehow I think Colin especially likes seeing that 1700/1699 in the group.....nice World Preview!!

theboz11 and AF, looks like those two 1821s were side by side picking up those great colours for a few years.

Cosmic, Colin said to mention, "you S#*K"!

Any other varieties???

cosmicdebris

<< <i>Syl, very fitting tin farthing, and quite nice surfaces. I'll never forget some of the superb tin 1/4d. Colin sold from the Nicholson collection.....National Treasures.

Teg, somehow I think Colin especially likes seeing that 1700/1699 in the group.....nice World Preview!!

theboz11 and AF, looks like those two 1821s were side by side picking up those great colours for a few years.

Cosmic, Colin said to mention, "you S#*K"!

Any other varieties??? >>



So Colin speaks to you from the great beyond, eh?

mongoose

Here are a few of mine. I wish my photography skills were better.

Teg

SYRACUSIAN

That's nice Teg.


Sorry that the halfpennies appear in the same photos.

spinaker2000

No need to "dis" the 1/2ds!! Nice set!!

SYRACUSIAN

Thanks. They come from Colin Cooke too, with the exception of the first George V and the 1956 that came from wybrit.


Here's one more that I had until a couple of weeks ago.Nothing that can compare with the beauties that you guys posted so far, but still a nice little farthing.

farthing

Two of the farthings I've purchased from Colin

MSD61

IlikeZARcoins

Better late then never........