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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eduard, post: 3917505, member: 8959&quot;]Thank you, Michael.</p><p>Actually, very little is known about the farthing and about the much more common Halfpenny.</p><p>It was originally thought that the dies were engraved in Philadelphia by John&nbsp; Smithers (an English gunsmith and engraver who worked in Philadelphia in the 1760&#039;s and 1770&#039;s) based on sketches made by Paul Revere.</p><p><br /></p><p>Current thinking is that the dies and the actual striking were done in England.</p><p>The halfpennies did, from what I know, circulate in America, but that is not certain for the farthings. They most probably did not. Likewise, it cannot be explained why the farthings are so rare today. They may have been intended to be medals commemorating Pitt, and as such very few were ever made.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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