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<p>[QUOTE="PaddyB, post: 26072363, member: 40017"][USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] that one is the decimal part. The pre-decimal half is the one that [USER=151299]@croesus_amok[/USER] needs as a starter. The 2025 issue is available on Amazon for £31 in the UK. (This is the book in the OP link - until 2025 this was known as the Spink book, but rights were sold to Sovereign Rarities last year, hence the association to Emma Howard now.)</p><p>The other usual references include the Freeman book "Bronze Coinage of Great Britain", which is the source of Freeman numbers often associated with GB Bronze coins from Pennies to Farthings. (Listed on Amazon but currently unavailable.)</p><p>If you are going pre Victoria, you might want "English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins" by C W Peck. This covers 1558 to 1958 in the second edition. (There may be later editions.) Not on Amazon, I can see it on other sites for around £100.</p><p>A very useful website is this: <a href="https://aboutfarthings.co.uk/catalogue/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://aboutfarthings.co.uk/catalogue/" rel="nofollow">https://aboutfarthings.co.uk/catalogue/</a> although it is not being maintained at present. </p><p>I hope that helps![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PaddyB, post: 26072363, member: 40017"][USER=44615]@paddyman98[/USER] that one is the decimal part. The pre-decimal half is the one that [USER=151299]@croesus_amok[/USER] needs as a starter. The 2025 issue is available on Amazon for £31 in the UK. (This is the book in the OP link - until 2025 this was known as the Spink book, but rights were sold to Sovereign Rarities last year, hence the association to Emma Howard now.) The other usual references include the Freeman book "Bronze Coinage of Great Britain", which is the source of Freeman numbers often associated with GB Bronze coins from Pennies to Farthings. (Listed on Amazon but currently unavailable.) If you are going pre Victoria, you might want "English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins" by C W Peck. This covers 1558 to 1958 in the second edition. (There may be later editions.) Not on Amazon, I can see it on other sites for around £100. A very useful website is this: [URL]https://aboutfarthings.co.uk/catalogue/[/URL] although it is not being maintained at present. I hope that helps![/QUOTE]
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