Great Britain 1891 farthing

Goldberg sale 106, lot 2138

This specimen was lot 2138 in Goldberg sale 106 (Los Angeles, September 2018), where it sold for $96. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Farthing, 1891. Victoria. PCGS graded MS-65 Red." This type was introduced in 1860 with a slightly modified obverse used 1874-95. Numerous varieties exist, some rare. The Heaton mint contributed farthings, halfpence and pence in 1874-76 and 1881-82.

Recorded mintage: 4,960,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 2.5 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S.3958; KM-753.

Source:

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 106: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2018.
• 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.
• 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.

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• 1890 farthing
• 1891 sixpence
• 1891 shilling
• 1891 florin
• 1891 half crown
• 1891 crown
• 1891 half sovereign
• 1891 sovereign
• 1891 half penny
• 1891 penny
• 1892 farthing
• Coins and currency dated 1891