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Rare proof 1953 farthing for anyone needing one

wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
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Hi folks,

Here's a tip for anyone looking for the 2+A version of the farthing - check this out. It doesn't look like the nicest example, but it's cheap at the moment. They catalogue over $100 for nice ones.

Linkster
Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,558 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Somebody threw the wee birdie a French fry! image

    (Otherwise it's pretty good lookin', I say.)

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  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    Gobble, Gobble! Just in time for Thanksgiving!
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  • BlackhawkBlackhawk Posts: 3,898 ✭✭✭
    I don't know that there's much of a market for them. I have a proof set containing one for sale off and on for years without so much as a nibble.
    "Have a nice day!"
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    I don't know that there's much of a market for them. I have a proof set containing one for sale off and on for years without so much as a nibble.

    Probably true at the $100 level, but at $3-$5 or thereabouts, I would think there is. IMO the Brit catalogues overrate it.
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • flykiteflykite Posts: 147 ✭
    I am the winner of this auction; very hard to find, and yeah, I'm not nuts about the spotting, but this is only the 2nd one of these I have ever seen. I will take my time trying to move this, but it will eventually find a home....Ed
  • GazzaGazza Posts: 543
    I used to religiously look these out on ebay and rescue them from the US for $2-3 and put them back on to get £30-40. I've had half a dozen or so but lost interest.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,558 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>2+A version >>

    OK, enlighten me.

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  • RobPRobP Posts: 483 ✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>2+A version >>

    OK, enlighten me. >>


    Freeman obverse and reverse. Obverse 1 cross to border bead, obverse 2 cross to space, reverse 1 the I of FARTHING to space, on reverse 2 it points to a bead. The reference is The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain by MJ Freeman. First published 1970, second edition 1985. The 2006 reprint merely updated the prices in the back, which was a pointless exercise as it immediately became outdated. Further varieties have been identified subsequent to 1985, but it is still a comprehensive reference.
  • GazzaGazza Posts: 543
    There are two reverses A I of farthing to gap and B I of farthing to bead. Two observes 1 + bead and 2 +to gap. The currency piece come in all four combinations 1+A, 1+B, 2+A and 2+B. 2+A being the scarces. Proof issues only come in two combinations. 2+A and 2+B. 2+A is rated by Freeman as rarity R9 7,000-12,000.

    Further varieties have been identified subsequent to 1985, but it is still a comprehensive reference.
    Rob P please enlighten.
  • RobPRobP Posts: 483 ✭✭


    << <i>Further varieties have been identified subsequent to 1985, but it is still a comprehensive reference.
    Rob P please enlighten. >>


    That was a general further varieties with regards to Freeman as a tome as opposed to varieties of farthing specific to 1953. I'm not aware of any other varieties for 1953 for any other denomination either.
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