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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 1604388, member: 40017&quot;]In your paragraph on what you have, I assume you are talking about Halfpennies of farthings? In Copper/Bronze/Tin:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Regal Penny starts GIII and you can get all monarchs through to EII</p><p>The Regal Halfpenny starts CII and you can do all monarchs through to EII except Anne - none made in her reign.</p><p>The Regal Farthing also starts CII through to EII - there is an Anne, but it is technically a pattern, and rather scarce.</p><p><br /></p><p>All James II and some CII and W&amp;M are in Tin - very difficult to get in any readable condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to CII there were copper farthings in James I and Charles I reign, but they do not have the monarch&#039;s head or date.</p><p><br /></p><p>Prior to that even these small denominations would have been in Silver only, and not just for Maundy - mainly because the buying power was quite large compared to today, and the value of the coin was expected to be close to the value of the metal. To make a pennyworth of Copper in James I time would have been quite a large piece of metal. From about James I we became accustomed to the idea of &quot;token&quot; coinage - ie coins that did not have an intrinsic metal worth the denomination of the coin. At first this was acceptable only in small denominations, but gradually expanded until we finally gave up on this link in the 20th Century. (First in coming off the gold standard, and then gradually in removing the silver content.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Over ten years I have built a collection of almost all dates of all of these - I am still missing some of the tin examples, particularly in James II. I have not gone into all the variations, except when they have dropped in my lap, as there are so many, and many are very pricey. (Eg 1860 penny - at least 16 different varieties with the scarcest commanding over GBP 2000 in barely Fine condition.) Also I have not even tried for the mega-rare dates like 1933, 1952, 1954 pennies as these were never intended as circulation coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck with your collection![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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