Great Britain 1881 Farthing. Which Variety and posible grade/value.

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Seeing that nobody has replied yet, and in spite of the fact that I am not an expert in this coinage, I can first say the obvious, that there is no mint mark and that it was therefore struck in London. (The "H" mint mark, which would be punched below the date, was used for the issues contracted out to the Heaton mint.)

Now, the other main issue is whether the queen's wreath displays 3 or 4 berries. From the photo it looks like your coin is of the 3 berries variety, but the picture is not clear enough to make sure. Given that the 4 berries variety is much scarcer, it is very likely that yours is the 3 berry variety.

That is as far as I can get... and to do so I used this web page:

http://www.allcoinvalues.com/united-kingdom/1881-uk-farthing-value2c-victoria2c-bun-head2c-3-berries.html

EDIT:
And I'm happy to report that this corresponds to the description of the farthings of this period in the catalogue:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1013.html
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The wear dents any real value, this in my opinion is a VF. The wear also stops identifying if it is 3 or 4 berries. The actual value would be around £3-£5 ($5-$7 USD) at most in VF grade.

Victorian Farthings have a staggering amount of varieties which are enjoyable to learn about if you can tolerate it. ;)
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