Please Grade 1904 Farthing

From those pictures its hard to tell GVF but heavily cleaned however need better pictures especially the reverse.

But a GVF based on visible hair on head and face, but not EF as Britannia's fingers are not distinct.

British Edwardian Farthings were struck with re cycled obverse dies that were originally used for striking Edwardian gold Half sovereigns.

To distinguish the Half Sovereign from the Farthing and so prevent fraud in transactions, farthing blanks were deliberately blackened by The Royal Mint, using a solution of Sodium thiosulfate.

The blackening gave the advantage of protecting the coin's surface, much as a deep patina does.
As a result, mint state examples of Edwardian Farthings do not patinate any further; they all look just as good as the day they left the Mint, and remain so to this day.

The extent to which the blackening has worn off makes them easier to grade. That includes full mint luster. Cartwheeling luster over the black looks rather nice.
There is obvious thinning of the blackening on the high points of the design, in this case.

I would like sharper pictures to grade this one, but from what I see,
gVF would seem about right.
With EF (British grade) and above, look for hair detail above the King's ear and high point on the mustache.

Hopefully these photos are better

I have one, a recent "junk" bin find, actually.







My reference book for U.K. coinage states that most of the 1897's were blackened and that from that point forward the practice continued until 1917. It also indicates that some 1901's were in error issued bright.

Original coin looks EF details (cleaned).

I'll go with GVF, looking at the hair detail.