1953 Farthing

This was in the box with all tokens. A small partial fingerprint but in great shape otherwise for a 67 year old coin.

 

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These were all the rage to collect when we were kids in the 60's. Many were taken out of circulation, drilled and turned into necklaces. Shame looking back when you discover that of the 2 obv and 2 rev varieties, the 2+A variety had only 50,000 pieces struck. And only 2 known matte proofs

 

Nice coin..

I went on Numista to find out what kind of bird is shown -

Reverse
Eurasian wren left (Troglodytes troglodytes), date above and denomination below (from the Greek 'troglodytes' meaning cave-dweller).

 

Troglodytes, that's either from a rock and roll song or Star Trek. Maybe both.

Thanks for the information.

 

The bird design is so cute...

 

Yes it is.

 

Out of curiosity where did you hear the 50,000 pieces struck figure?

 

This numista page shows the variety types and the mintage figures for each variety
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces7396.html

 

A short acetone dip will remove the fingerprint without damaging the coin

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=zBbr9qM9uv8&feature=emb_logo

 

Not necessarily... It certainly won’t hurt to try, but if the fingerprint has been there for a while, acetone will not remove it.