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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;andyscouse, post: 1153672, member: 27100&quot;]So yes - farthings are very interesting!&nbsp; There are 960 to £1.&nbsp; They were minted until 1956, and demonitised in 1960.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Because they are underrated, you can get some really nice examples for not much money!&nbsp; I have all Unc back to 1916, and some others before that.&nbsp; However, I still need to acquire some copper examples.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Interesting fact ... for the last couple of mintings of third-farthings (used in Malta) of 1902 and 1913, there were exactly £100 of the coins minted ...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>960 x 3 = 2,880 = £1.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There were 288,000 of each date minted - therefore, if you collected ALL the 1/3 farthings for each date ... you&#039;d have just £100!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Groats are just 4d coins by another name!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Enjoy your farthing collecting![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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