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De Orc
Well I have just started to list my Farthings on Omnicoin, for those of you who dont understand the old British system a Farthing was 1/4 of 1 penny and was symbolised like this 1/2d

1672
1/4d Farthing
Seated Britannia
King Charles II

I have tried to lighten the image on this first one to bring out the date, it can be seen quite well in hand but not so well when scanned

1700
1/4d Farthing
Seated Britannia
King William III

1747
1/4d Farthing
Seated Britannia
King George II

1754
1/4d Farthing
Seated Britannia
King George II

1773
1/4d Farthing
Seated Britannia
King George III

1799
1/4d Farthing
Soho mint Birmingham
Seated Britannia
King George III

1806
1/4d Farthing
Soho mint Birmingham
Seated Britannia
King George II

I shall be adding more over the next few days evilbanana.gif
Art
Nice farthings. You've got a wonderful collection. Glad that you're willing to share it with us.
ccg
I like the 1773 one! I've yet to get one of that type.
De Orc
Thank you both for the kind comments, I have been busy adding more today LOL along with Three that were not produced by the Royal mint but were produced by a private mint in Birmingham grin.gif

1874
1/4d Farthing
Heaton mint Birmingham
Seated Britannia
Queen Victoria

1875
1/4d Farthing
Heaton mint Birmingham
Seated Britannia
Queen Victoria

1876
1/4d Farthing
Heaton mint Birmingham
Seated Britannia
Queen Victoria

And also a rather nice QV from 1900 that has been turned into I believe a love token, it still has traces of gilding on it.

1900
1/4d Farthing
Holed & gilded
Seated Britannia
Queen Victoria
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