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silver Victoria high grade George V Scarce Shilling 6d 1/- Sixpence bronze Penny 1d Edward VII Florin 2/6 2/- Halfcrown Halfpenny ½d Bun Head Young Head copper 1887 Rare aUNC Farthing Freeman lustrous ¼d variety
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Issued for Malta as their "grano" was 3 to a farthing. Allow me to demonstrate the elegance of predecimal maths: there's 3 of these to a farthing, so 12 to a penny. Thus, there's 144 to a shilling, and 2,880 to the pound. 288,000 minted = £100
Narrow rim, low relief, larger bust, hollow neck. Know your varieties yet? If not, why not? There's 5 of them for 1921 shillings. What looks like green in the obverse legend is actually a rather attractive bit of rainbow toning. Scarce
Reverse C is identifiable by the lack of a groove between the crown and the shield, and by the equilateral triangle that the lower dot of the colon after DEF makes with the two pearls below it. All the 1922 varieties are quite scarce, and it's a very respectable grade.
These early cupronickels are a lot harder to find in this quality now than their silver sisters. See if you can find one better.
R2 in ESC. Some honest wear but no major problems.
Strictly speaking a die flaw rather than a bona fide variety, but these have been listed for as long as I can remember. 1888 is the trickiest date in this tiny series, and the die flaw type is catalogued at R2 in ESC. That's rare by anyone's standards.
Issued for Malta as their "grano" was 3 to a farthing. Cracking little coins.
aUNC This is an excellent example for 1903 In fact, from a standing start, it took me nine upgrades to get this far with this date!
Very decent example of what is fast becoming my favourite series. You could spend a lifetime studying copper pennies of Victoria and still not discover every type. I just love the weight of 'em too, and the surface texture, when they're this good.
There's just too much worn material out there to settle for second best. Always buy the best you can find with these.
