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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bardolph, post: 8170525, member: 96174&quot;]n the whole of the 20th Century, the 1939 farthing had the second biggest mintage figures, 31.4 million, after 1943 with 33.3 million. The lowest mintage was 1956, the last year they were produced, with 1.996 million.</p><p><br /></p><p>My rather old edition of Spinks, 2016, gives the EF value as one pound.</p><p><br /></p><p>To be honest, I am at a loss to explain the large quantities minted between 1939 and 1946 - 216.5 million. As a child, often sent on small shopping errands, I remember the farthing appearing on price tags, but the coins themselves were rarely seen, in my recollection. I remember for example that when bread was still rationed,or at least had a price set by the government, the cost was 11 1/4d, but if the total bill in the baker&#039;s ended in one or three farthings, the shopkeeper would generally round up or down to the nearest penny.</p><p><br /></p><p>And on a personal note, in my last year at school, we prefects in the Upper VI had our own dining room, where I was once challenged to drink a half pint jug of mint sauce that was provided for the roast lamb. The bet was one shilling, and when I won I expected the money to be paid at once. My friends refused, saying that they had to collect the money (collect ONE shilling???).</p><p><br /></p><p>Two days later, they paid me with 48 farthings, which apparently had taken them considerable effort to collect - this was in 1958 or 59.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still have those 48 farthings, which range from Victoria (including a moderately rare1875 H), Edward VII, George VI and Elizabeth II[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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