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Pillar of the Community
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Formerly nancyc
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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
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it is a penny
warm wishes.
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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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Pillar of the Community
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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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WTG Bacchus2 and Sap Coin identified  |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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Bacchus2, Thank you very much!
Now I can see about getting one in better condition.
I don't remember how / when /where I got this one from, but I'm sure it must have been free, as I would not have paid for anything in this condition. 
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Greece
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Here is a nice 1 lepton coin so can everyone understand what a 1 lepton look like   |
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Netherlands
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It is a lepton of Ionian Islanda
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionian_Islands"... British rule In 1809, the British defeated the French fleet in Zakynthos (October 2, 1809) captured Kefallonia, Kythera and Zakynthos, and took Lefkada in 1810. The French held out in Kerkyra until 1814. The Treaty of Paris in 1815 turned the islands into the "United States of the Ionian Islands" under British protection (November 5, 1815). In January 1817, the British granted the islands a new constitution. The islanders elected an Assembly of 40 members, who advised the British High Commissioner. The British greatly improved the islands' communications, and introduced modern education and justice systems. The islanders welcomed most of these reforms, and took up afternoon tea, cricket and other English pastimes." ... and coinage, it appears.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I could not make the wings out in the first images but in the last enlarged pic, there is no doubt at all it is from the Ionian Islands. It is possible that it may be struck by The Royal Mint from the same planchets as the copper third farthing. Comparison of the weights of the third farthing and lepton would prove one way or the other. |
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sel 69l you can read the inscription ΙΟΝΙΚΟΝ ΚΡ'ΤΟΣ on the first picture
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