Another Question About Half Penny's

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moose59 Pillar of the Community United States 732 Posts	Posted 04/26/2020 2:34 pm Out of these Farthings and Half penny's I purchased they are marked some I checked and cannot find any evidence of the claimed error's. Actually I have a couple of questions. 1- is there a site that helps Identify errors? The 1855 coin I have states "Detached Hair" not sure what it means!, Also W/O ribbon 2- On an 1855 I noticed that the pictured coin on (allcoinvalues) there is a ribbon hanging down behind the head coin A coin B neither on has a ribbon hanging down Report this Post to the Staff

PaddyB Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 945 Posts	Posted 04/26/2020 3:50 pm It would help to know if the images are of Halfpennies or Farthings! Having said that, I cannot find any evidence of a ribbon hanging down on either denomination as shown in your allcoinvalues picture. Detached hair at the base of the bun on halfpennies also seems to be normal. Who attributed these varieties and where did you get the coins? To answer your question about errors - there is far less interest in error coins in the UK than in the US. We love variations - where there is some change to the design or amendment to the dies, but errors such as filled die, double strikes, brockages, die cracks, Cuds etc are mostly taken as normal. I know of no website focusing on errors. There are good sites for penny and farthing variations, and another currently being developed for halfpennies: https://headsntails14.wordpress.com/ for pennies https://halfpennyvarieties.wordpress.com/home/ for halfpennies - not complete http://aboutfarthings.co.uk/catalogue/ for farthings, though this is no longer being maintained and has some gaps. Report this Post to the Staff
Hogarth Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 735 Posts	Posted 04/26/2020 4:20 pm At the Colin Cooke site: Here for farthings: http://www.colincooke.com/collectio...ontpage.html Here for halfpennies: http://www.colincooke.com/collectio...lection.html And general: http://www.colincooke.com/collectio...ections.html This site can be quite useful too: http://www.farthingshalfpennyerrors.com/ Edited by Hogarth 04/26/2020 4:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff
moose59 Pillar of the Community United States 732 Posts	Posted 04/26/2020 5:01 pm Sorry the coins are half pennys. The bottom image shows the ribbon hanging down Report this Post to the Staff
moose59 Pillar of the Community United States 732 Posts	Posted 04/27/2020 11:12 am I didn't answer you question about who attributed the errors. I do not know as I purchased a sheet of Farthings and half penny's from an online auction. They did not give any information about the consignee. The website you suggested ColonCooke.com is very helpful and interesting. It is full of double's and excellent examples. Thank You for your help Report this Post to the Staff
Princetane Pillar of the Community 4628 Posts	Posted 04/27/2020 2:17 pm Going off topic for a second, but that is a really nice halfpenny. Report this Post to the Staff
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