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[[Image:Sta ANA-1042o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers ANA sale, lot 1042]]
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This type was struck 1838-60 and is the first type for Queen Victoria (r. 1837-1901). It is not rare but a challenge to find in nice condition, especially as the pure copper composition wore rapidly in circulation. This specimen was lot 1042 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $881.25. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Farthing, 1849. NGC MS-65 RB. An excellent example of this scarce date. Sharply struck."  

''Recorded mintage:'' 645,000.

''Specification:'' copper.

''Catalog reference:'' S-3950; KM 725.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2012. 
* Bressett, Kenneth E., ''A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed.,'' Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
* Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date'', London: Coincraft, 1995.
* Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

''Link to:''
* [[Great Britain 1848 farthing|1848 farthing]]
* [[Great Britain 1849 4 pence|1849 groat]]
* [[Great Britain 1849 shilling|1849 shilling]]
* [[Great Britain 1849 florin|1849 florin]]
* [[Great Britain 1849 1/2 sovereign|1849 half sovereign]]
* [[Great Britain 1849 sovereign|1849 sovereign]]
* [[Great Britain 1851 4 pence|1851 4 pence]]
* [[Great Britain 1852 farthing|1852 farthing]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1849]]
* return to coins of [[Great Britain]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale]]