COIN
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FARTHING
- Materials
- BRONZE
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035067
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FARTHING
- Date
- 1902
- Materials
- BRONZE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.2
- Diameter
- 2.0
- Description
- BRITISH FARTHING. ONE SIDE HAS THE FIGURE BRITTANIA ON IT - SITTING DOWN WITH SHIELD AND SPEAR. ABOVE HER READS "FARTHING" AND BELOW HER IS "1902". THE REVERSE HAS A MAN'S HEAD WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY "EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA:BRITT:OMN:REX FID:DEF:IND:IMP:".
- Subjects
- EXCHANGE MEDIUM
- Historical Association
- CURRENCY/MAUNDY
- History
- FARTHINGS WERE LEGAL TENDER IN BRITAIN UNTIL 1961; THEY CEASED TO BE STRUCK IN 1956. THIS WAS THE LAST TYPE OF FARTHING STRUCK. CAME IN JEWELRY BOX P19990035021-GA. SEE P19990035001-GA FOR ADDITIONAL HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035067
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-07
- Collection
- Museum
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