Coppers to Crowns

CF1845b

Copper Farthing, 1845

Type
CF Copper Farthing
Year
1845
Mint
Royal Mint, ordinary issue
Variety
b
Mintage
3,225,600 struck
In the collection
1 example, best at VG Very Good
Monarch
Victoria - Young Head (First Head)
Diameter
22 mm
Weight
4.5-4.9 g
Metal
Copper
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 CF1845b may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription
VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, Date
Reverse inscription
BRITANNIAR: REG: FID: DEF:

Condition & value

Held at Very Good. Figures above are catalogue values for a better example.

  1. VG Very Good Held £6.00
  2. F Fine £12.00
  3. F+ Fine+ not catalogued
  4. VF Very Fine £20.00
  5. VF+ Very Fine+ not catalogued
  6. EF Extremely Fine £70.00
  7. EF+ Extremely Fine+ not catalogued
  8. UNC Uncirculated £160.00
  9. BU Brilliant Uncirculated not catalogued
  10. FDC Fleur de Coin not catalogued

Catalogue figures from CC2000 (October 2026).

The example held

VG Very Good

Obverse

8 leans to the left

Reverse

No description recorded.