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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 8084505, member: 102103"]Third of a farthing was for use in Malta, I believe.</p><p>A lot of these weird denominations were to match up to some local denomination.</p><p>According to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_farthing" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_farthing" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia entry</a>, 1 farthing = 3 grani, so 1/3 farthing is 1 grano.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most people were very poor back then, so even small denominations probably saw quite a bit of use. The pound was worth about 4.5 dollars in the late 1700s. (I don't know the early 1800's exchange rate off the top of my head). So a UK penny was about 2 cents US, and a farthing was about 1/2 cent. 1/3 farthing would have been about 1/6th cent, which was quite small, but after inflation probably worth more than a US cent is worth today...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 8084505, member: 102103"]Third of a farthing was for use in Malta, I believe. A lot of these weird denominations were to match up to some local denomination. According to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_farthing']Wikipedia entry[/URL], 1 farthing = 3 grani, so 1/3 farthing is 1 grano. Most people were very poor back then, so even small denominations probably saw quite a bit of use. The pound was worth about 4.5 dollars in the late 1700s. (I don't know the early 1800's exchange rate off the top of my head). So a UK penny was about 2 cents US, and a farthing was about 1/2 cent. 1/3 farthing would have been about 1/6th cent, which was quite small, but after inflation probably worth more than a US cent is worth today...[/QUOTE]
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