The Great Britain farthing of 1868 obverse described and imaged below (coin in hand) along with images of the two reverse varieties indicated on the Aboutfarthings website also imaged below, appear to indicate a possible new die pair variety for 1868. As there is a limit of 10 images per post, the reverse images will appear in follow-up posts. All comments most welcome. COIN IN HAND OBVERSE 3 1868 FARTHING-ALLABOUTFARTHINGS SITE CIH OBVERSE 3, 1868 FARTHING,ALLABOUTFARTHINGS SITE CIH OBVERSE 3, 1868 FARTHING,ALLABOUTFARTHINGS SITE
Continuing with CIH and Reverse B from Allaboutfarthings site. CIH Allaboutfarthings B reverse CIH Allaboutfarthings B reverse CIH Allaboutfarthings B reverse CIH Allaboutfarthings B reverse RIC Allaboutfarthings B reverse
Continuing with CIH reverse (repeated for clarity) and Reverse Ba from Allaboutfarthings site. In addition, some observations of the obverse of the coin in hand and obverse 3 on the AAF website (see images above). CIH Allaboutfarthings Ba reverse CIH Allaboutfarthings Ba reverse CIH Allaboutfarthings Ba reverse CIH Allaboutfarthings Ba reverse CIH Allaboutfarthings Ba reverse Some observations to strengthen the case for the CIH as a new die pair. First the obverse. Referring back to the images of the CIH and obverse 3 above: For the CIH, the 'V' in 'VICTORIA' is far from the inner circle. For the AAF obverse 3, the upper left serif of the 'V' in 'VICTORIA' almost touches the inner circle whereas the upper right serif of the 'V' is far from the inner circle. All denticles in the CIH above 'VICTORIA' do not touch the inner circle. The denticle above upper right serif of the 'V' and the denticle above the upper left serif of the 'I' in 'VICTORIA' from the AAF obverse 3 touch the inner circle. All CIH denticles above 'BRIT' are far from the inner circle. All AAF obverse 3 denticles above 'BRIT' touch or nearly touch the inner circle. In the CIH, 'BRIT' appears uniformly far from the inner circle. In the AAF obverse 3 'BRIT', appears close to the inner circle with the upper left of the 'T' closer to the inner circle than the upper right of the 'T'. These differences to my eye appear sufficient to recognize a new obverse die for the CIH. Will follow-up later with observations about the 1868 farthing CIH reverse and the AAF B and Ba reverses.
