Another worn out Farthing... NEWP - Update

StubbyMcNumbthumbs

Here's my latest meager find. Well worn, but these are hard to find in what, to me, is affordable condition. Heck, they're hard to find in ANY condition, but at least now I can say I have one.

These are the sellers pics. I'll update with pics of my own, when it arrives (should be any day now!) I'm not sure my pics will be much different. A nearly slick copper disk with the faint reminder of what used to be there.

1698 William III Farthing - Date in Legend

SwK

hi

well the more worn the coin the more stories it will have to tell, whose pocket or pouch, were has it travelled to, what has it seen and bought all coins howeber worn are interesting

br

harasha

Superbly neato!

StubbyMcNumbthumbs

Just received the coin today. Came from from New Zealand, not sure if this person was a dealer or just someone who had an old coin to sell. I'm thinking it
was the latter, seeing how it was packed - it was taped to a piece of cardboard in an envelope, no holder, just TAPE directly on the coin! Yikes!
A quick dip in acetone to remove any unwanted gunk from tape, etc.

Quite worn, but VERY difficult to find in any condition, so I'm happy, especially since I got it for about $20AUD incl shipping (about $18.50US or 11.00GBP)!

Definitely a slot I never thought I'd fill, at least in my "$20 or less" Farthing set!

William III 1698 Farthing - Date in Legend (my pic)

ColinCMR

Is it easier to find the date in exergue variety?

StubbyMcNumbthumbs

Actually, from my (very little) experience, all 1698 dated copper farthings seem very few and far between, but the date in exergue variety seems to come
up more often. That may be just timing on my part. I haven't seen enough examples of either type to come to any conclusions.

This, however, doesn't seem to apply to the silver patterns of that year, as they seem to be more plentiful than copper issues. I am sure they were saved when the "common" coins in circulation were lost/melted and generally not looked after.

I would like to know, from someone with more experience with these, just how scarce they are (i.e. estimated examples remaining per date type, etc)

I am quite new to these older British coins and finding information seems to be difficult. My copy of Spink doesn't give much in the way of details.

I have attempted to contact Colin Cooke with these questions, but have not heard back yet.

RobP

All 1698 copper is hard to come by. The reason being that coining coppers was stopped by Act of Parliament effective from 24th June 1698 for a 12 month period due to a glut in the market place (see Peck p.167). This meant that production was restricted to the first 3 months of 1698 - from 25th March to 24th June.

StubbyMcNumbthumbs

Thanks RobP, Very interesting!

theboz11

Rare is nice in any condition