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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php/File:SB526-73334o.jpg" title="File:SB526-73334o.jpg">300px|thumb|Stack&#039;s Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 73334</a> <a href="/index.php/File:SB526-73334r.jpg" title="File:SB526-73334r.jpg">300px|thumb</a> This specimen was lot...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Image:SB526-73334o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 73334]]<br /> [[Image:SB526-73334r.jpg|300px|thumb]]<br /> <br /> This specimen was lot 73334 in Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $219.60. The catalog description&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; noted, &quot;[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. Farthing, 1733. London Mint. George II. PCGS MS-62 Brown.&quot; This type was struck 1730-39 and is common in low grade. The production of copper coinage ceased in 1754, leaving the rapidly expanding economy short of small change, a void filled by thousands of types of tokens and counterfeits.<br /> <br /> ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.<br /> <br /> ''Specification:'' 4.93 g, copper, 23 mm diameter.<br /> <br /> ''Catalog reference:'' S-3720; KM-572. <br /> <br /> ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br /> * Freeman, Michael J., ''The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Rev. Ed.,'' London: Spink &amp; Son, 2006.<br /> * Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date'', London: Coincraft, 1995.<br /> * Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. <br /> * Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England &amp; the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink &amp; Son, 2011.<br /> * Peck, C. Wilson, ''English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Oxford University Press, 1970.<br /> * &lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins &amp; World Paper Money,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.<br /> <br /> ''Link to:''<br /> * [[Great Britain 1732 farthing|1732 farthing]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1733 1/2 penny|1733 half penny]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1733 guinea|1733 guinea]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1733 2 guineas|1733 2 guineas, pattern by Croker]]<br /> * [[Great Britain 1734 farthing|1734 farthing]]<br /> * [[Coins and currency dated 1733]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2026 Collectors Choice sale]]</div>

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