Great Britain 1901 farthing

Steve Album sale 54, lot 2673

This specimen was lot 2673 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AE farthing, 1901, blackened finish from the mint, a wonderful example, PCGS graded MS64." This type was struck 1895-1901 in substantial quantities. Those made between 1897 and 1917 were artificially blackened to prevent the unscrupulous from passing them off as half sovereigns.

Recorded mintage: 8,016,400.

Specification: 2.83 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-788.2, S-3964.

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, 1901-2000, 47th 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1896 farthing
• 1901 half penny
• 1901 penny
• 1901 threepence
• 1901 sixpence
• 1901 shilling
• 1901 florin
• 1901 half crown
• 1901(c) trade dollar
• 1901-B trade dollar
• 1901 half sovereign
• 1901 sovereign
• 1909 farthing
• Coins and currency dated 1901