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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PaddyB, post: 1539149, member: 40017&quot;]It seems to me that we all celebrate the big ones more than the tiddlers - but often the tiniest coins have the most interesting history.</p><p>Here are a few from my own collection - they may not be the smallest ever, but still amusing I think. All British:</p><p><br /></p><p>Charles I Rose Farthing,</p><p>Victoria Quarter Farthing 1852,</p><p>George IV Third Farthing 1827,</p><p>Victoria Half Farthing 1844,</p><p>A Nurnberg Toy 2 Sovereign from 1887,</p><p>A Lauer Toy Half Penny,</p><p>A Toy Prince Albert Medallion (Husband of Victoria),</p><p>A Model Quarter Farthing 1848.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those unfamiliar with British Coinage of the 19th Century, there were 240 pennies in a Pound. A Farthing was a quarter of a penny, so 960 of those in a Pound, and so 3840 quarter farthings to the Pound!</p><p>The Toy and Model coins were produced at various stages in the 19th C, originally as trials for new designs, but subsequently for the amusement of children.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what have you got to show us?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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