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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 4517478, member: 4910&quot;]Great Britain used to mint fractions of farthings for British colonies to emulate local denominations.</p><p><br /></p><p>A farthing was 1/4 of a British penny or 1/960 of a British pound</p><p><br /></p><p>At the time these were minted a British pound was worth around United States $5 making the farthing worth about 1/2 of a cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have here coins worth 1/4 of a US cent and 1/6 of a US cent.</p><p>It is amazing that there were things which could bought for such small amounts then.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are four fractional farthings:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_britain_farthingfrac02_1844.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Great Britain fractional farthing - 1/2 farthing 1844</p><p>Queen Victoria facing left</p><p>Crown, HALF FARTHING</p><p>Copper, 18 mm, 2.4 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_britain_farthingfrac03_1868.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Great Britain fractional farthing - 1/3 farthing 1868</p><p>Queen Victoria facing left</p><p>Crown and wreath, ONE THIRD FARTHING</p><p>Bronze, 15 mm, 0.9 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_britain_farthingfrac03_1902.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Great Britain fractional farthing - 1/3 farthing 1902</p><p>King Edward VII facing right</p><p>Crown and wreath, ONE THIRD FARTHING</p><p>Bronze, 15 mm, 0.9 gm</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_britain_farthingfrac03_1913.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Great Britain fractional farthing - 1/3 farthing 1913</p><p>King George V facing left</p><p>Crown and wreath, ONE THIRD FARTHING</p><p>Bronze, 15 mm, 0.9 gm</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are all four fractional farthings with a United States dime:</p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_britain_farthingfracfour.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 1/2 farthings were minted for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) to emulate the local duit or (British) India pie.</p><p>A pie was 1/12 anna or 1/192 India rupee; a rupee was worth about 48 US cents then.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1/3 farthings were minted for Malta to emulate the local grano.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were also 1/4 farthings for the big spenders.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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