Collection / Bronze Farthing

BF1860b

Bronze Farthing, 1860

Recorded as a coin that exists. No example of it is in the collection.

Type

BF Bronze Farthing

Year

1860

Mint

Royal Mint, ordinary issue

Variety

b

Mintage

2,867,200 struck Young Head

In the collection

Not held

Monarch

Victoria

Diameter

20 mm

Weight

2.8-3.0 g

Metal

Bronze (Copper 95%, Tin 4%, Zinc 1%)

Reverse

Medal (↑↑)

The mintage is the striking's, not this variety's — the varieties were never counted separately. An issue may also have been struck more than once, so another variety of BF1860b may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription

VICTORIA D:G: BRITT: REG: F:D:

Reverse inscription

FARTHING, Date

CC2000

VYFA-205 4 3

Gouby

BF1860 B -

Peck

P1859 3 B

Freeman

F501 3 B

About Farthings

1860-VB 3 B