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Collection Bronze Farthing

BF1874Hi

Bronze Farthing, 1874

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

Type
BF Bronze Farthing
Year
1874
Mint
H Heaton
Variety
i
Mintage
3,584,000 struck
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 BF1874Hi may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription
VICTORIA D:G: BRITT: REG: F:D:
Reverse inscription
FARTHING, Date
CC2000
VYFA-335 5 3
Gouby
BF1874H D -
Peck
P1888 4 C
Freeman
F527 4 C
About Farthings
1874-VB 4b C
No reference image yet

Obverse

F:D. (one and a half stops), G's over sideways G

No reference image yet

Reverse

No description recorded.

Condition & value

No example held. These are catalogue values for one at each grade.

  1. VG Very Good not catalogued
  2. F Fine £150.00
  3. F+ Fine+ not catalogued
  4. VF Very Fine £350.00
  5. VF+ Very Fine+ not catalogued
  6. EF Extremely Fine £1,000.00
  7. EF+ Extremely Fine+ not catalogued
  8. UNC Uncirculated not catalogued
  9. BU Brilliant Uncirculated not catalogued
  10. FDC Fleur de Coin not catalogued

Catalogue figures from CY2026.