See also:

• FARTHING (A.S. Jeortha, fourth, ring, diminutive)

FARTHING (A.S. Jeortha, See also:

• FOURTH

fourth, See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring, diminutive)  , the smallest See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• COIN
• COIN (older forms of the word are coyne, quoin and coign, all derived through the O. Fr. coing, and cuigne from Lat. cuneus, a wedge)

coin, equal to the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth of a See also:

• PENNY (Mid. Eng. peni or peny, from O. Eng. form penig, earlier penning and pending; the word appears in Ger. Pfennig and Du. penning; it has been connected with Du. pand, Ger. Pfand, and Eng. " pawn,". the word meaning a little pledge or token, or with G
• PENNY, GIANFRANCESCO (1488–1528)

penny . It became a See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• PART

part of the coinage from the reign of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward I., and was, up to the reign of See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary, a See also:

• SILVER

silver coin . No See also:

• FARTHING (A.S. Jeortha, fourth, ring, diminutive)

farthing was struck in the reign of See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, but a silver three-farthing piece was issued in that reign, with a See also:

• PROFILE

profile bust of the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen crowned, with a See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose behind her See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head, and inscribed " E.D.G . See also:

• ROSA, CARL AUGUST NICHOLAS (1843-1889)
• ROSA, MONTE
• ROSA, SALVATOR (1615-1673)

Rosa sine See also:

• SPINA (Lat. for a thorn, or prickle, also backbone, whence spine)

spina." The See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper farthing was first introduced in the reign of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James I., a patent being given to See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• HARINGTON, SIR JOHN (1561—1612)

Harington of Exton in 1613 for the issue of copper tokens of this See also:

• DENOMINATION (Lat. denominare, to give a specific name to)

denomination . It was nominally of six grains' See also:

• WEIGHT

weight, but was usually heavier . Properly, however, the copper farthing See also:

• DATES

dates from the reign of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II., in whose reign also was issued a See also:

• TIN (Lat.- stannum, whence the chemical symbol " Sn "; atomic weight =117.6, 0=16)

tin farthing, with a small copper plug in the centre, and an inscription on the edge, " Nummorum famulus 1684." No farthings were actually issued in the reign of Queen See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne, though a number of patterns were prepared (see See also:

• NUMISMATICS
• NUMISMATICS (Lat. numisma, nomisma, a coin; from the Greek, derived from voj4 u', to use according to law)

NUMISMATICS: See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England) . In 186o the'copper farthing was superseded by one struck in See also:

• BRONZE

bronze . In 1842 a See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation was issued giving currency to See also:

• HALF

half-farthings, and there were several issues, but they were de-monetized in 1869 . In 1897 the practice was adopted of darkening farthings before issue, to prevent their being mistaken for half-sovereigns .