Farthings 1860-1875

Victoria Bronze 'Bun' Issue 1860, First Portrait, Beaded Border

1860, UNC good lustre

Victoria Bronze 'Bun' Issue 1860-1861, First Portrait, Toothed Border
4 Berries

1860, UNC good lustre		1860, Mule with BB reverse, rare, VF PCGS XF45
1861, UNC trace lustre		1861, REG error, UNC good lustre, not documented

Victoria Bronze 'Bun' Issue 1860-1875, First Portrait, Toothed Border
5 Berries

1860, BU full lustre (some prints) PCGS MS64RB		1861, UNC good lustre PCGS MS63RB
1862, small 8, BU almost full lustre PCGS MS64RB		1862, large 8 UNC,  extremely rare
1862, Small 8 over 8, EF		1863, UNC much lustre
1864, plain '4', UNC good lustre PCGS MS64RB		1864, serif '4', UNC
1864, serif '4', 1/1 overstrike, EF		Closeup of date from coin on left
1865, UNC good lustre PCGS MS64RB		1865, 5 over 2, UNC trace lustre
1866, sixes thus: '66', UNC trace lustre PCGS MS64BN		1866, sixes thus: '66', doubly struck obverse, VF
1866, sixes thus: '66', UNC, die clash		1866, sixes thus: '6 6', VF
1866, sixes thus: '6 6', RFG error, UNC trace lustre		1867, '67' close together, BU almost full lustre varieties not documented
1867 varieties close up:  top: '6 7' below: '67'		1868 varieties close up:  top: '6 8' below: '68'
1867, '6 7', VF varieties not documented		1868, '68' closer together, UNC trace lustre, varieties not documented
1868, UNC trace lustre,  '6 8' variety varieties not documented		1869, UNC good lustre PCGS MS63RB
1869, doubly struck obverse, UNC		1872, EF
1873, Narrow Date / Higher 3, EF		1873, low 3, UNC trace lustre
1873, BU Full Lustre Prooflike, ex Colin Cooke PCGS MS64RB		1873, low 3, date close-up
		Comparing wide and narrow dates on 1873 (both 3's are "high" but note the difference)
1875, large date, EF, some pitting		1875, small date, VF
1875H rare

Lustre Terminology for copper and bronze:
Trace  - 5% to 20% lustre
Good - 21% to 50% lustre
Much - 51% to 70% lustre
Almost full - 71% to 90% lustre
Full - 91%-100% lustre