english farthing coin

[myfundsarelow]

hi all, today while searching 40 rolls of C R R cents i came acrosse this english coin it is dated ( 1869 ( ENGLISH FARTHING) fair shape i would say, also some one had dumped about 2 rolls of wheat cents in this batch a good day of searching PEACE !! PS this coin is larger then the regualer cent still it fit in a standard penny wrapper. as stated above this coin is dated 1869 i entered the date of 1861 this has been corrected PEACE!!

[bman]

I thought farthings were bigger...closer to a half dollar size.

[myfundsarelow]

hi b man i also have an english penney of the size you mentioned dated 1931 this coin i have is slitley larger then the american cent it fit in a reg ,penney wrapper PEAC@!!

[bman]

Neat find, does it look like this one?

[myfundsarelow]

hello b man yes this is the coin that i have in my first post i stated that the date was 1861 but it is dated 1869 loos like copper or bronze thank you for your picture PEACE!!

[AGgressive Metal]

A Farthing was 1/4th of a British Penny, and 1/960th of a Pound under the pre-decimal system.

[myfundsarelow]

AGgressive Metal, thank you for the information on this farthing coin PEACE !!

[Rexor]

Coin should be 95Cu-4Sn-1Zi. My catalog, from 2009, values a "Fine" example at 15 pounds and a "Very Fine" example at 50 pounds. Otherwise, "really" old english pennies and farthings are fairly common.