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History of the Farthing
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Charles II, James II, William & Mary, William III, Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
It is stressed that the following prices are a guide to retail prices only, and are in UK pounds. They represent what you might have to pay a dealer, rather than what you might be able to sell them for.
I can take no personal responsibility for their accuracy, although every effort has been made to ensure that they have been copied correctly.
The information has generally been taken from the UK monthly magazine Coin News, and is reproduced by the kind permission of
Token Publishing Ltd, 40 Southernhay East, Exeter, EX1 1PE
The headings F, VF, EF and Unc refer to the condition grades of the coins. A guide to evaluating grades is found on my UK Coin Values Index page.
Proof coins relatively often found are listed, but the absence of a mention does not mean that a proof of that year does not exist.
No values of these coins are available
No values of the pre-Commonwealth coins are available
Year F VF EF 1672 45 240 800 1672nso 70 300 900 1673 50 260 900 1673ca 150 550 1674 55 300 900 1675 50 250 875 1676 one known 1679 60 300 1000 1679ns 70 350 ca: CAROLA ns: no rev stop
Year F VF EF 1684 250 900 1685 ex rare
Year F VF EF 1684 ex rare 1685 180 700 3000 1686 190 700 3000 1687cb ex rare 1687db 250 1000 cb: cuirraised bust db: draped bust
Year F VF EF 1689 300 700 1689e90 ex rare 1690 170 650 3000 1690e89 ex rare 1691 200 700 1692 200 700 3000 e: edge date
Year F VF EF 1694 70 275 1000
Year F VF EF 1695 45 250 900 1696 45 225 900 1697 45 225 900 1698r1 220 800 1698r2 50 275 950 1699r1 40 250 900 1699r2 40 250 900 1699ns 50 350 1700 35 150 750 r1: date in exergue r2: date after BRITANNIA ns: no stop before (or after) date
Year F VF EF 1714 425 700 1500
Year F VF EF 1717 200 650 1250 1718 one known 1719 40 175 600 1719nr 70 375 1719no 70 325 1720 30 170 600 1721 25 170 600 1721/0 40 180 1722 35 150 575 1723 35 150 600 1724 35 160 600 nr: no stops on reverse no: no stops on obverse
Year F VF EF 1730 15 60 350 1731 15 60 350 1732 15 75 400 1733 15 80 425 1734 15 65 400 1734no 30 110 450 1735 15 70 400 1735d3 25 120 450 1736 15 60 400 1737 15 60 370 1739 15 60 370 1741 15 50 350 1744 15 50 350 1746 15 50 330 1749 16 65 340 1750 15 55 290 1754 10 30 200 1754/0 28 120 350 no: no stop on obverse d3: 3 double struck (3 over 3)
Year F VF EF Unc 1771 20 65 300 1773 12 40 220 1773nr 20 60 250 1773nx 25 80 320 1774 12 40 220 1775 12 40 220 1797 pattern 1799 2 8 40 100 1806 2 8 40 100 1807 2 8 40 100 nr: No stop on reverse nx: No stop after REX
Year F VF EF Unc 1821 4 12 60 140 1822 4 12 60 140 1823 4 12 60 140 I823 25 75 300 600 1825 4 12 60 150 1826t1 4 12 60 140 1826t2 4 12 60 140 1826t2 proof 750 1827 4 12 60 170 1828 4 12 60 170 1829 4 12 60 170 1830 4 12 60 170 t1: date on reverse in exergue t2: date on obverse under bust
Year F VF EF Unc 1831 5 12 45 150 1831 proof 800 1834 5 12 50 160 1835 5 15 50 170 1836 5 12 55 160 1837 5 12 55 200
Year F VF EF Unc 1838 5 15 60 200 1839 5 15 60 200 1839 proof 900 1840 4 15 50 180 1841 4 15 50 190 1841 proof ex. rare 1842 12 40 140 400 1843 5 14 40 190 1843ss 90 425 900 1844 80 220 800 2200 1845 6 10 50 175 1846 7 20 55 220 1847 5 12 50 175 1848 5 12 50 175 1849 50 100 375 900 1850 5 10 40 170 1851 8 20 80 250 1851dd 80 110 450 1852 10 20 80 275 1853 4 7 30 70 1853 proof 1400 1854 4 10 35 110 1855 4 10 35 120 1856 10 25 80 300 1856re 20 50 300 1857 4 10 40 110 1858 4 10 40 110 1859 12 25 90 350 1860 1600 3750 7000
ss: no serifs on 1 in date
dd: D over sideways D in DEI
re: R over E in VICTORIA
Please note that the rare copper 1860 farthing does NOT have the denomination on it, whereas the much more common bronze version does.
Year F VF EF Unc 1860t 2 5 40 120 1860b 3 7 40 130 1860m extremely rare 1861 2 5 35 120 1862 1 5 35 120 1863 45 90 300 725 1864 1 5 30 110 1865 1 5 30 110 1865/2 10 20 70 1866 1 5 25 120 1867 1 5 25 120 1868 1 5 25 135 1869 3 10 55 200 1872 1 5 25 110 1873 1 5 25 110 1874H 1 5 25 130 1874Hg 150 350 1000 1875 4 12 40 150 1875H 1 5 20 85 1876H 5 18 70 240 1878 1 4 20 80 1879 1 4 20 80 1880 1 4 20 80 1881 1 4 20 80 1881H 1 4 20 80 1882H 1 5 25 100 1883 5 20 70 170 1884 1 4 20 60 1885 1 4 20 60 1886 1 4 20 60 1887 1 4 20 60 1888 1 4 20 60 1890 1 4 20 60 1891 1 4 20 60 1892 4 15 60 170 1893 1 4 20 60 1894 1 4 25 70 1895y 10 30 90 300
t: toothed border
b: beaded border
m: mule of above two borders
H: Heaton Mint (H mintmark under date)
g: G over sideways G
y: young (bun) head
Year F VF EF Unc 1895o 1 2 16 40 1896 1 2 16 30 1897s 1 2 16 30 1897d 1 2 16 30 1898 1 2 16 30 1899 1 2 16 30 1900 1 2 16 30 1901 1 2 10 28
o: old (veiled) head
s: bright and shiny (1895-1897)
d: darkened artificially (1897-1918)
Year F VF EF Unc 1902 1 10 16 1903 1 12 20 1904 2 5 20 45 1905 1 2 12 40 1906 1 12 30 1907 1 10 25 1908 1 10 25 1909 1 10 25 1910 5 10 30 80
All Edward VII farthings were darkened artificially to avoid confusion with half sovereigns
Year F VF EF Unc 1911 1 6 14 1912 1 8 14 1913 1 6 14 1914 1 5 14 1915 1 5 16 1916 1 5 14 1917 4 10 1918 4 10 1919 4 10 1920 4 8 1921 4 8 1922 4 8 1923 4 8 1924 4 8 1925 4 8
d: darkened artificially (1897-1918)
s: bright and shiny (1918 onwards)
Type 2: Modified Obverse and Reverse
Year F VF EF Unc 1926 4 8 1927 4 8 1928 4 8 1929 4 8 1930 4 8 1931 4 8 1932 4 8 1933 4 8 1934 4 8 1935 1 3 12 28 1936 3 6
Year F VF EF Unc 1937 1 1937 proof 8 1938 1 6 1939 1 1940 1 1941 1 1942 1 1943 1 1944 1 1945 1 1946 1 1947 1 1948 1
Year F VF EF Unc 1949 1 1950 1 1950 proof 8 1951 1 1951 proof 8 1952 1
Year F VF EF Unc 1953 1 1953 proof 8Type 2: No BRITT OMN
Year F VF EF Unc 1954 2 1955 2 1956 1 2 6
Values extracted from Coin News December 2022
Charles II, James II, William & Mary, William III, Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
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