Farthings 1860-1875

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1672-1714
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1717-1724
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1729-1754
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1771-1837
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1838-1860
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1860-1875
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1874-1895
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1895-1901
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1902-1910
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1911-1936
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1937-1952
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Victoria Bronze 'Bun' Issue 1860, First Portrait, Beaded Border

1860
BU full lustre
PCGS MS65
RD
 

Victoria Bronze 'Bun' Issue 1860-1861, First Portrait, Toothed Border
4 Berries

1860
UNC good lustre
PCGS MS64RB
1860
Mule with BB reverse
UNC
rare
ex. Allerton
ex. Cooke
ex. Staines

1861
UNC much lustre
PCGS MS65RB

1861
REG error UNC good lustre
not documented
PCGS MS64
RB

Victoria Bronze 'Bun' Issue 1860-1875, First Portrait, Toothed Border
5 Berries

1860
BU full lustre
PCGS MS66RD
1861
UNC BU almost full lustre
PCGS MS65RD
1862
small 8
BU full lustre
PCGS MS66RD
1862
large 8
UNC  extremely rare
PCGS MS64RB
1862
Small 8 over 8
EF
8 over 8 closeup
1862
Small 8 over 8
BU
PCGS MS65RD
(different than above)
1863
BU almost full lustre,
PCGS MS65RB
1864
plain '4'
UNC  some lustre
PCGS MS65
RB
1864
serif '4'
UNC
PCGS MS64BN
1864
serif '4'
1/1 overstrike
EF
Closeup of date from coin on left
1865
UNC good lustre
PCGS MS64RB
1865
5 over 2
UNC good lustre
PCGS MS64RB
1866
sixes thus: '66'
UNC trace lustre
PCGS MS64BN
1866
sixes thus: '66'
doubly struck obverse
VF
1866
sixes thus: '66'
UNC
die clash
1866
sixes thus:
'6 6'
UNC much lustre
PCGS
MS66RB
1866
sixes thus:
'6 6'
RFG error, UNC trace lustre
PCGS MS64BN

1867
'67' close together, UNC good lustre
PCGS MS66RB
Varieties not documented
1867,
8 over 8
UNC good lustre
PCGS MS65RB
varieties not documented
1867
8 over 8
close up
1867,
18 over 18
AUNC
varieties not documented
1867
'6 7'
VF
varieties not documented
1867 varieties close up: 
top: 18 over 18 middle: '6 7'
below: '67'
1868 varieties close up
top: '6 8'
below: '68'
1868
'68' closer together
UNC trace lustre
PCGS MS62RB
1868
 '6 8' variety
varieties not documented
BU full lustre

PCGS MS65RD
1869
BU Full Lustre
ex Colin Cooke
PCGS MS65RD
1869
doubly struck obverse
UNC
1872
UNC much lustre
PCGS MS65RB
1873
Narrow Date / Higher 3
EF
1873
BU Full Lustre Prooflike
ex Colin Cooke
PCGS MS64RB

1873
low 3 date close-up
Comparing wide and narrow dates on 1873
(both 3's are "high" but note the difference)
1873
low 3
BU Full Lustre
ex Colin Cooke
PCGS MS65RD
1875
large date UNC
PCGS MS63RB
1875
small date
AU
1875H
aEF
exceptionally rare
 

Pre-Victorian

Copper/Tin
1672-1714
George I
1717-1724
George II
1729-1754
Copper
1771-1837
Victorian Copper
1838-1860
Bun Head
1860-1875
Bun Head
1874-1895
Veiled Head
1895-1901
Post Victorian Edward VII
1902-1910
George V
1911-1936
George VI
1937-1952
Elizabeth II
1953-1956
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Lustre Terminology for copper and bronze:
Trace  - 5% to 20% lustre
Good - 21% to 50% lustre
Much - 51% to 70% lustre
Almost full - 71% to 90% lustre
Full - 91%-100% lustre