Great Britain 1775 farthing
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This specimen was lot 3840 in Stack's-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $881.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Farthing, 1775. George III (1760-1820). PCGS MS-65 RB Secure Holder. Bright orange and very appealing. The finest certified example." This type was issued 1771-75. It is not rare but it did little to alleviate the small change shortage of the late eighteenth century. The next farthing issue is dated 1799.
Specification: 4.93 g, copper, 23 mm diameter, plain edge.
Recorded Mintage: unknown.
Catalog reference: S-3775; KM-602.
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- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- Freeman, Michael J., The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Rev. Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2006.
- Peck, C. Wilson, English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed., London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
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