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ENGLAND: Charles II, 1660-1685, AE farthing, 1675. NGC EF45

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ENGLAND: Charles II, 1660-1685, AE farthing, 1675. NGC EF45
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ENGLAND: Charles II, 1660-1685, AE farthing, 1675, KM-436.1, S-3394, NGC graded EF45 BR. Charles II first produced copper halfpence and farthings in 1672. Minting began on August 5th with the production of farthings on four presses. Interestingly, a bust of Charles right on all his gold and silver coins was used, but a bust left was used on his coppers. The mint produced copper halfpence dated 1672, 1673 and 1675 and copper farthings dated 1672-1675 and 1679. In order to produce these coins the mint needed blank planchets of the proper size and weight. However, they did not have the capability of producing the rolled sheets of copper from which the blanks would be cut out. Therefore the mint was forced to import finished planchets, which they obtained from Abraham Cronstrom of Stockholm, Sweden. The initial run of coppers was produced at 40 halfpence to the pound (175 grains), with farthings proportional.