1860 TB/BB Farthing: Misattribution

wybrit

Here's a CICF auction link to an 1860 Farthing that one of the major TPGs calls a TB/BB. I pretty certain it isn't. The reverse looks TB to me, and the obverse is #3 (5 berries), which is unknown on the mule.

wybrit

Here's my TB/BB reverse:

MacCrimmon

It's certainly not the same reverse die as yours, and this one.

Two diagnostic beads are almost perfectly on either side of the point of the "A" in FARTHING, and the bead is centered under the date between the "8" and "6". The CICF farthing matches neither diag. One of my Pecks is on loan, and the other is off to auction.

Muygrandeoso

Yep, That is NOT a TB/BB. I have seen more than one 1860 Farthing mis-attributed as TB/BB

wybrit

It will be interesting to see how it's written up. If it's done in error, I will probably be the first to contact them about it.