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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 12/11/2017 6:15 pm Another rescue from a "cull" bin - certainly a common enough coin, but what caught my eye with this particular specimen was how it has toned rather evenly (on both sides) to a state where there's almost iridescent blue highlighting. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff

oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5239 Posts	Posted 12/11/2017 9:26 pm Very nice! I would put it at least AU. Lucky for you that it was thought to be near worthless. Report this Post to the Staff
Guybrush Valued Member Taiwan 192 Posts	Posted 12/11/2017 11:42 pm Beautiful! I love blue toning on copper-y coins Report this Post to the Staff
Kefiroth Pillar of the Community United States 1431 Posts	Posted 12/11/2017 11:48 pm These farthings were artificially darkened/toned at the mint from 1897-1918 to avoid confusion with the similarly-sized gold half-sovereign. You see this rather attractive tone on many high-grade examples from that era Edited by Kefiroth 12/11/2017 11:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Guybrush Valued Member Taiwan 192 Posts	Posted 12/12/2017 04:26 am That's interesting. So in this case, the AT is market-acceptable since it was done by the mint? Report this Post to the Staff
peter1234 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1351 Posts	Posted 12/12/2017 05:07 am Yes AT was necessary.Considering a 1/2 sov = 480 1/4d's. A few slipped through in the early years of darkening and a BU 1/4d is something to behold. Just a quickie on 1911.There are 2 obverse's flat neck is Freeman 589 hollow neck no Freeman nr so I have indicated mine as 589a.598a carries a tiny premium. Getting a beauty like that from a cull box is good hunting.In the condition illustrated retail about £10. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 12/12/2017 06:47 am A very nice coin, a lucky cull! The dark color is the result of deliberate chemical treatment by The Royal Mint with a bath in Sodium thiosulfate. This was done to help to obviously distinguish them from the contemporary Half Sovereign, which had the same obverse and diameter. Easy to pick wear with these, because the dark color can wear through on the high points of the design. You didn't ask for a grade, but just for the record, AU55 to AU58. Report this Post to the Staff
Guybrush Valued Member Taiwan 192 Posts	Posted 12/12/2017 07:25 am Just to clarify, so the AT was exclusive to farthings from that particular period? Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 12/12/2017 08:21 am Quote: These farthings were artificially darkened/toned at the mint from 1897-1918 to avoid confusion with the similarly-sized gold half-sovereign. Quote: The dark color is the result of deliberate chemical treatment by The Royal Mint with a bath in Sodium thiosulfate. This was done to help to obviously distinguish them from the contemporary Half Sovereign, which had the same obverse and diameter. I obviously was unaware of that, a great data point that I imagine that most Americans (even coin dealers) aren't informed of. Quote: Lucky for you that it was thought to be near worthless. I've remarked before here how (at least in my region of the country) little collector (and thus also dealer) interest there is in U.K. issues. Consequently, they're almost always relegated to the "bargain" bin. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
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