A recent purchase at an online auction has seen me take delivery of an old tobacco tin of farthings (as well as a new penny and an Italian coin)

As it turned out this lot turned to be quite an addition to the collection with a number of spaces in the album being filled and a good number upgraded with better coins.
Despite the high costs of this lot (commission and postage added at least £10 to the price of the lot), it has been a good buy.