If you go on our other Facebook site, youll see we have an Anne Farthing for sake. A lovely coin. Its 1713 Peck 737, in Silver and EF. The price is £1600 if you should be interested. The first eighteenth Farthing however is usually thought to have been minted in 1714. Due to the glut of English Farthings produced in the late 17th century, there was no need to produce any copper Farthings in the reign of Queen Anne (1701–1714) until the very last year of her reign, save for the patterns of 1713. If Anne had not died in that year, there is no doubt that the 1714 Farthing, weighing 4.8–5.8 grams and of 21–22 millimetres diameter, would have entered circulation in quantity, but its actual status is in some doubt as it may, like the 1713 be considered a pattern. Sir Isaac Newton was Master of the Mint, and he had high ideals about the quality of the coinage, and the Anne Farthing is certainly vastly superior in striking and design to the rubbish which was produced during the reign of William III. He slung out the old figure of Britannia, and replaced it with a sharper high relief design in which the bare leg on the former figure of Britannia is covered up, reportedly on the orders of the Queen! Around 1802 rumours swept Britain to the effect that the Queen Anne Farthing was worth a fortune, and unbelievable prices were paid. In March 1802 one was sold at auction in London for no less than 750 Guineas. In todays terms that puts the value at close to £1,000,000. Makes our £1600 price seem pretty modest!.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 06:50:40 +0000
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