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<p>[QUOTE="Rick B, post: 4749408, member: 113624"]I have a British farthing from 1825 and a 2 pence coin from 1818. The 2 pence is TINY! I've never seen such a tiny coin. It would get lost so easily.</p><p>So I measured it to compare to specs I Googled.</p><p>It is about 14 mm. But I'm seeing that 2 pence from that era are 41 mm</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twopence_(British_pre-decimal_coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twopence_(British_pre-decimal_coin)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twopence_(British_pre-decimal_coin)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What's going on? Anyone here familiar with British coinage?</p><p><br /></p><p>But wait! Here is says 13 mm:</p><p><a href="https://onlinecoin.club/Coins/Country/United_Kingdom/Twopence_1818_circulating/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://onlinecoin.club/Coins/Country/United_Kingdom/Twopence_1818_circulating/" rel="nofollow">https://onlinecoin.club/Coins/Country/United_Kingdom/Twopence_1818_circulating/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rick B, post: 4749408, member: 113624"]I have a British farthing from 1825 and a 2 pence coin from 1818. The 2 pence is TINY! I've never seen such a tiny coin. It would get lost so easily. So I measured it to compare to specs I Googled. It is about 14 mm. But I'm seeing that 2 pence from that era are 41 mm [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twopence_(British_pre-decimal_coin)[/URL] What's going on? Anyone here familiar with British coinage? But wait! Here is says 13 mm: [URL]https://onlinecoin.club/Coins/Country/United_Kingdom/Twopence_1818_circulating/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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