As I have mentioned before, the fact that a private company, Soho Mint, was advertising and eventually was licensed to manufacture coins for Britain led it to produce a wide variety of proofs and patterns , all during the reign of George III.

But here is a 1771 proof farthing actually produced by the Royal Mint prior to the advent of the Soho Mint, along with various Soho products and restrikes, some of which were sold by the descendants of the proprietors and were kept by that family since their manufacture over two centuries ago. the gilt piece has been mislabelled as a halfpenny but is in fact an early Soho farthing.

All of these pieces have been graded as 65 or higher.