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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moneyer12, post: 1150643, member: 28233&quot;]the farthings are really very underestimated coins, the name originates from medieval times when the silver penny was the only monetary unit in use in england. to make a half pence the penny was cut into two and then it was cut into four called fourthings, hence the name farthing, the first real farthings were minted at the beginning of the seventeenth century and were named rose or maltravers farthings, the coins did not bear the monarchs head that honour fell to the charles II farthings which were the first to have the monarch on the obverse. they continued in regular mintage until 1956 and were eventually de-monetized in 1960, some of the dates are particularly difficult to find whilst others can be purchased quite cheaply.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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