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Too Good To Be True Columbia Farthing?

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 Posted 04/17/2025  9:34 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add jdsstrat to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Apparently there is some question about the origins of these tokens. Canada or the UK? 1820-30? I found this one in an old collection and wondered if it was authentic or not. It would appear to be from dies K and 10. The diameter and weight are correct enough, too, at 21mm and 2.48g, but boy does it gleam. Thoughts?

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 Posted 04/18/2025  01:00 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Hondo Boguss to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like someone scrubbed it with Brillo. But still a nice piece to have in your collection.
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Do people really do that to coins? I would have thought it would do more damage than good.
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Do people really do that to coins?
Yes.

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I would have thought it would do more damage than good.
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 Posted 04/18/2025  09:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add okiecoiner to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like the scratches were on the planchet, before the die made it a coin.
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I agree will Bill that the "scratches" are on the die probably from filing to remove rust. Notice that they don't appear on the devices.

That said the piece looks cleaned, too pink.
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It looks like the scratches were on the planchet, before the die made it a coin.
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 Posted 04/18/2025  10:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jdsstrat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
So we have a genuine farthing, struck on a damaged planchet, that was probably cleaned (but not by me! :)
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