Great Britain 1845 farthing

Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7300

This specimen was lot 7300 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Farthing (1/4 Penny), 1845. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS MS-64 Brown. A lovely near-Gem with a remarkable greenish hue throughout, along with strong satiny luster and bold strike." This farthing was struck 1838-60 and most dates, including this one, are readily available in circulated condition.

Recorded mintage: 3,226,000.

Specification: 4.4 g, copper.

Catalog reference: S-3950; KM-725.

Source:

• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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