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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robp, post: 25280310, member: 96746&quot;]Just a farthing and a couple of halfpennies for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>First up, a 1773 farthing with obverse 2.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1613926[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A 1773 with the first 7 over 1 and the 3 over a 7.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1613927[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, a 1773 halfpenny on a spread flan.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1613940[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>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 &#039;B&#039; marked coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>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&#039;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.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1613941[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1613942[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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