The farthing, its name derived from the Old English feorthing, meaning a fourth part,[1] is a British coin with the value of a quarter of an old penny. It was last struck in 1956,[2] and ceased to be legal tender on 31 December 1960.[3]
Dyer, G. P., and G. P. Gaspar. “Reform, the New Technology and Tower Hill.” A New History of the Royal Mint, Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp. 398–606.
Freeman, Michael J. The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain. Revised 1985 edition, Barrie & Jenkins, 1970.
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