| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 1322 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The Geoffrey Cope Collection of British Coins. Charles II. 1660-1685. Tin Farthing. Dated 1684 on edge. Peck 535; SCBC 3395 (this coin illustrated). Considerable original lustre. Small rim bruise on reverse. Well struck. Extremely rare in this state. In NGC encapsulation 2153856-026, graded MS 64. Ex Gregory (Part II, Baldwin 47, 25 September 2006), lot 499. This coin exhibited, Coins, Crown & Conflict, American Numismatic Association, Money Museum, 2007. The impetuous behind the issue of tin farthings late in the reign of Charles II was threefold; the extensive of forgery of the circulating copper farthings and halfpennies of the 1670s, a crisis in the British tin mining industry due to a collapse in the price of the metal, and the handsome profits such a coinage would yield. Tin coins - also struck for James II and William & Mary - are today mostly found in damaged and corroded states. The Cope collection contains an exceptional offering in superb condition. Estimate: 2000 CHF |  |
