Great Britain 1825 farthing

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72105

This specimen was lot 72105 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Farthing, 1825. London Mint. George IV. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown Gold Shield. A delightfully charming near Gem, exhibiting reddish-brown radiance augmented by some hints of violet. The luster is blazing and the overall eye appeal is captivating. From the Regent Crest Collection." This type was struck 1821-26 and is fairly common. It is the first issue of farthings since 1806.

Recorded mintage: 4,300,000.

Specification: 4.72 g, copper, 22 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-3822; KM-677.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• 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.
• 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.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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