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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Not too sure what this is. It has Britannia on one side and the legend clearly says 'Britannia'. All I can make out of the legend on the other side may be L O N D O N , but that's just a guess. I really don't know what the image is.  It's probably more Play Money.  PS: I forgot to put in the specs: Diameter 16mm, Weight 1.61g. Moved to World Coins forum - Saplife is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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03/20/2011 01:48 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3546 Posts |
Sorry about that. The first of the two URLs I just posted did not correctly display the four possible choices of coins that I think your coin is. Please see the newly attached .jpg for further clarification. mdpmedia  |
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Valued Member
United States
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maybe this will help not sure about a round one but you'l l see. 
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Valued Member
United States
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Valued Member
United States
237 Posts |
he did better I'm a nonprofessional
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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It's a British penny, but in that grade, it only barely makes it as a coin.
You are probably better of dropping it in your toilet cistern to stop the brown algae from growing there. Have a look at the thread:
'101 Uses for Coins'.
Edited by sel_69l
03/20/2011 02:46 am
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Formerly nancyc
 Australia
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But it's only 16mm in diameter. I've got a couple hundred GB pennies, none of them are that small.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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With the diameter now known at 16mm, it has to be a pure copper Britannia third farthing of George 1V of 1827, or William 1V of 1835. They were issued for use in Malta, where they were tariffed at 1 grano, and valued at 1/12 of a British penny
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Valued Member
Canada
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I think I see a flag at the top of the coin and a thistle on the right if this helps? |
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Australia
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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I wondered if it might be a fractional farthing and even checked the site Peter posted a link to, but failed to find one like it. The only inscription on the reverse is BRITANNIA, starting at about 10k, ending at about 2k. On the Obv I'm thinking I can see a 'lion's' head, 'wings' and maybe even legs/feet and possibly a partial date ' 1 8' at approx the 8.30k - 9.00k position on this scan. I've scanned the Obv again with higher resolution and oriented it a bit differently, this new scan is rotated about 80-90° anticlockwise from the previous image. I realize it has no numismatic value due to it's condition, but if it is a coin, and can be identified, I would probably try to get a better example of it.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
India
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it is a penny
warm wishes.
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Moderator
 Australia
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It's not a penny, palaniappan - it's too small, only 16mm diameter. It's the right size for a third-farthing, but the obverse is just too different from a third-farthing (it should be a portrait of Victoria) for it to be genuine. I assume nancyc was correct in saying "It's probably more Play Money", like the one in nancyc's other thread. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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I think you may very well be right Sap. None of my research comes up with anything similar to this.
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Surely this is a one Lepton from the Ionian Islands?
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Posted 03/20/2011 02:03 am
