1/3 Farthing Large Or Small Date? - Coin Community Forum

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wael4979 Valued Member Palestine 111 Posts	Posted 06/05/2021 11:56 am TIA Report this Post to the Staff

PaddyB Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 945 Posts	Posted 06/05/2021 12:06 pm I would say large date - my example has a noticeably smaller date. Report this Post to the Staff
GregAlex Pillar of the Community United States 827 Posts	Posted 06/05/2021 4:55 pm A third of a farthing? That must be the smallest denomination Britain ever minted! Report this Post to the Staff
saxon Valued Member United Kingdom 54 Posts	Posted 06/05/2021 5:04 pm Quarter farthing is the smallest https://www.baldwin.co.uk/wp-conten...13221512.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
Mr T Pillar of the Community Australia 2180 Posts	Posted 06/19/2021 07:58 am What book details that variety? I'd never heard of date varieties for it. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 06/19/2021 08:50 am Quarter Farthing was issued in Ceylon, later replaced by the Ceylon Quarter Cent of same value in circulation. Report this Post to the Staff
JohnConduitt Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 725 Posts	Posted 06/19/2021 10:56 am The quarter and half farthings were originally meant for Ceylon, while the third farthing was struck for Malta. The half farthing was made legal tender in Britain in 1842, so you could probably consider that the smallest ever British denomination. But at the time, Malta was considered part of Britain, and so the third farthing might have claim to be the smallest, even though it never circulated in Britain itself. No-one thought we needed such small denominations, but based on the RPI, a quarter farthing would be worth about 2 pence today, and we still make use of coins worth half that. Report this Post to the Staff
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