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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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ok need some help.. pretty please?  ..what are these coins?.. I think they might be old pennys or half pennys but not too sure. 1) Front  Back  Dated 1747 2) Front  Back  Dated 1734 3 Front  Back  Dated 1752 This one is quite small smaller than the britania farthing..not sure what it is.   Dated 1827 And this one not a clue what it is and cant see a date.   Edited by Georgiestar
04/09/2006 3:21 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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The first three are British- farthings or half pennies I would guess- one would ned the size to day for sure. Thne last is French- yoou can see the bust of Louis- You can see the roman Number for Louis XVI - on the other side is the 3 fleur-de-lis of the bourbon kings, and some of the legend is readable- FRANCE ET NAVARRE REX. There shoould be a date and a mint mark as well, but I cannot see them on the scan.The date woould be at the top, split by the crown, and the mint mark may be a W or M, I am not really sure.
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
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ah. I do have some britania farthings dated in the 1900s but are smaller :) than the top 3
I never thought the French one was French!!?! thats really good I already have a whole collection of french coins :) thanks for reading it for me :D
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 Australia
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Halfpennies and farthings were larger in the 1700's than they were in the 1900's - inflation and all that. Coins slightly smaller than a 1900's penny will be halfpennies. They didn't actually make any copper 1 penny coins until the famous "cartwheels" of 1797.
The 1827 one that looks like a farthing, but it's smaller, is likely to be a one-third-farthing.
The French one will date from sometime between 1774 and 1789. The mintmark (below the shield) looks like W (Lille) to me. The denomination will depend on the diameter: the liard is 22mm, the ½ sol is 25mm and the 1 sol is 29mm.
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Australia
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I think these coins should be collected by USA collectors as some of these coins are the type used in the colonies before there was a USA.
Even though the USA went decimal with their coinage they still use the term Penny for their one cent coin.
Fantastic history with these coins, and great dates.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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wow thanks Sap thats great I have 3 sorts of farthings these ones the 1900 ones and the one with the sparrow on :) I dont really have any pennys my dad might have some though.
yes these coins are great to collect you can see how they have changed the britania slightly over the years, we kept the britania design on the fifty pence but now they added the lion in,
and yes the history is there :D
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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That sparrow is actually a wren. But you're close!  I like the old pre-revolutionary French coins very much! |
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United Kingdom
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oh right thanks for that.. glad you like it :), its the oldest french one I have now :D
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