Farthing Details
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Spink Ref : 3958
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Obverse Image
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Reverse Image
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Obverse 5
4 Berries (Freeman Obverse 5) 1.5 stops after F:D:
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Reverse C
Toothed border, shield has no heraldic hatching, no H below date.
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Obverse 6
3 Berries (Freeman Obverse 6) colon after F:D:
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Reverse E
Heraldically coloured – heraldic colouring to the design on the shield is depicted by hatching, no H below the date, only known to exist on Proof coins for this date
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Obverse 7
3 Berries (Freeman Obverse 7) colon after F:D:
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Reverse Ea
Cooke type A – Similar to Reverse E, however there is now a H below the date to represent the Heaton Mint. The H is virtually in contact with the first 8
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Reverse Eb
Cooke type B – Similar to Reverse Ea, although the H is clear of the linear circle and close to the first 8
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Reverse Ec
Cooke type C – Similar to Reverse Ea, although the H is clear of the linear circle and central between the 8’s
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Reverse Ed
Cooke type D – Similar to Reverse Ea, although the H is low and central between the 8’s. The bases to the lettering are chunky, and the lighthouse is shorter and has a rounded top
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Reverse Ee
Cooke type E – Similar to Reverse Ea, although the H is lower (also note the weakness in the linear circle below the H)
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Reverse Ef
Cooke type F – Similar to Reverse Ea, although the H has been recut and the underlying H is partially visible between the uprights of the H
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Reverse Eg
Cooke type G – Similar to Reverse Ea, although the H has been recut and both H’s are fully visible
Image courtesy of an anonymous collector
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Reverse Eh
Cooke type H – Similar to Reverse Ea, although the H is low and beneath the upright of the first 8
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Known Die Combinations
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Obverse
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Reverse
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Ref No:
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Freeman No:
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Comments
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5
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C
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1881-VB-5/C
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544
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4 Berries, Obverse type 5
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6
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C
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1881-VB-6/C
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545
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3 Berries, Obverse type 6
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7
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C
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1881-VB-7/C
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546
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3 Berries, Obverse type 7
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7
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E
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1881-VB-7/E-BP
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547
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Bronze proof – 3 Berries, Obverse type 7/Reverse Type E “heraldically coloured shield”
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7
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Ea
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1881-VB-7/Ea
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548
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3 Berries, Obverse type 7/H below date is virtually in contact with the first 8
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7
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Eb
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1881-VB-7/Eb
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548
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3 Berries, Obverse type 7/H below date is higher and close to the first 8
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7
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Ec
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1881-VB-7/Ec
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548
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3 Berries, Obverse type 7/H below date is higher and central between the 8’s
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7
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Ed
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1881-VB-7/Ed
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548
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3 Berries, Obverse type 7/H below date is low and central between the 8’s
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7
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Ee
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1881-VB-7/Ee
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548
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3 Berries, Obverse type 7/H below date is low and close to the first 8
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7
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Ef
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1881-VB-7/Ef
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548
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3 Berries, Obverse type 7/H below date has been recut and the underlying H is partially visible between the uprights of the H
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7
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Eg
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1881-VB-7/Eg
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548
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3 Berries, Obverse type 7/H below date has been recut and both H’s are fully visible
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7
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Eh
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1881-VB-7/Eh
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548
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3 Berries, Obverse type 7/H below date is low and beneath the upright of the first 8
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