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The farthing (from Old English fēorðing, from fēorða, a fourth) was a British coin worth one quarter of a penny, or 1 / 960 of a pound sterling. Initially minted in copper, and then in bronze, it replaced the earlier English farthing. Between 1860 and 1971, the farthing's purchasing power ranged between 12p and 0.2p in 2017 values. [1]
1714 Anne farthing. The British farthing is a continuation of the farthing series begun in silver under the English king Henry III in the 13th century. Private individuals issued base metal farthing tokens as change in the 16th century, [2] [3] and in 1613, James I granted John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton, a monopoly to manufacture royal farthing tokens in copper bearing the king's ...
Edward I London farthing 1279. The first silver farthing coins of Edward I appeared in August 1279, after his court banned the cutting of pennies to make farthings and halfpennies. The coins had an average weight of 0.45 grammes and were made by further alloying sterling silver to debase the metal to 75% purity. In December 1280, the alloyed ...
Quarter farthing (British coin) Farthing (English coin), the predecessor to the British farthing, prior to the union of England and Scotland English Three Farthing coin; Farthing (Irish coin), its counterpart among the pre-decimal Irish coins; Farthing, used in the King James Version and Douay–Rheims translations of the Bible to translate ...
The latter was thus extended to mean 1 / 24 penny or 1 / 6 farthing even if not minted in Tudor England. [2] [3] Quarter farthing 1 / 16 d: £0.00026: 1839–1868. [coins 1] Third farthing 1 / 12 d: £0.0003472: 1827–1913. [coins 1] Half farthing 1 / 8 d: £0.00052083: 1828–1868. [coins 1] Farthing ...
The third farthing was a British coin worth 1 ⁄ 2880 of a pound, 1 ⁄ 144 of a shilling, or 1 ⁄ 12 of a penny. It was minted in copper in 1827, 1835, and 1844, and in bronze in various years between 1866 and 1913.
The anniversary themes are continued until at least 2009, with two designs announced. For a complete list, see Two pounds (British decimal coin). From 2018 to 2019 a series of 10p coins with 26 different designs was put in circulation "celebrating Great Britain with The Royal Mint's Quintessentially British A to Z series of coins". [35]
The quarter farthing was a British coin worth 1 ⁄ 3840 of a pound, 1 ⁄ 192 of a shilling, or + 1 ⁄ 16 of a penny. The Royal Mint issued the coins in copper for exclusive use in British Ceylon in 1839, 1851, 1852, and 1853. [1] The mint also produced bronze proofs in 1868. [2]