[Game] World Coins Time Machine… Counting Backward by Year! (Plus Prize Coin)

Just a farthing and a couple of halfpennies for me.

First up, a 1773 farthing with obverse 2.


A 1773 with the first 7 over 1 and the 3 over a 7.


Lastly, a 1773 halfpenny on a spread flan.


Although the last item is interesting for the broad flan, of greater interest to me is the Basing House in ink on the reverse. Basing House was home to a Royalist supporter in the Civil War and after the successful 3rd siege, demolished in short order. This was considered a possible location for the 'B' marked coinage.

The upper case H of house is the point of interest, as it is in the very distinctive style of the 19th century collector, Henry Webb, or remarkably similar to it. The g of Basing also matches the g of grt on the 1874 ticket. Unfortunately I can't find any contemporary articles by him to provide circumstantial evidence for this theory, as I like provenances. See the tickets below for examples of his hand.

 

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Glad were on 1773/ I had nothing from 74.

AV 8 Escudos 1773 JS
Popayan Mint
Carlos III 1759-88
Colombia/ Colonial

 

One of my favorite coins....
Saint Gallen/ Abtei (Abbey)
AV Dukat 1773

 

Death of Thomas Snelling by L. Pingo. BHM 180, 1773.

 

1772:
Kingdom of Prussia - 1/3 Reichstaler - 1772 - King Friedrich II.

Electorate of Saxony - 1 Pfennig - 1772 - Elector Friedrich August III.

 

A couple of very nice GB examples for 1772 - a halfpenny and a fourpence:

 

Frankfurt 1772 Thaler


Bavaria 1772

 

...aight, I'm gonna noob this down with a coin in worse state than all the fancy stuff u guys post, but hey, you can't have princes without the paupers... 1/48 Thaler - Friedrich II

 

1772 Salzburg sede vacante medal

 

Actor David Garrick was at the height of his career when L. Pingo and J. Kirk each produced laudatory medals.



1772, BHM 160 and 161

 

Wow! I can play in this game!

Here is a 1771 British farthing.

 

Brazil 1000 Reis


Prussia Thaler - I don't actually have this one anymore

 

A couple of interesting GB pieces - a very nice Halfpenny, Regal issue, and an unusual evasion, dated 1771 but with George II's bust. (He died in 1760.)

 

1771 1/2P

 

Kingdom of Prussia - 1/12 Reichstaler - 1771 - King Friedrich II.

Kingdom of Prussia - 1 Reichstaler - 1771 - King Friedrich II.

 

Bern
AV Doppeldukat 1771

 

1770:
Kingdom of France - Medal - 1770 - Marriage of Prince Louis-Auguste to Marie Antoinette of Austria

 

A couple of 1770 issues from Speyer celebrating the accession of August Philipp as Prince-Bishop.

1770 1/2 taler


1770 1 taler

 

Most of the 1770s I have are so similar to my previous posts to be worth sharing, but here is a decent GB threepence. (I have the fourpence and halfpenny, but they are no great shakes.)

 

The only thing I have for 1770 is a piece of Maryland colonial paper money