1668 Farthing Castle Token ~ England
Years Used: 1667 / 1670
English Trade Token
*This coin has a small bend
** Farthing (British Coin) **
The British farthing (1/4d) coin, from Old English fēorðing, from fēorða, a fourth, was a unit of currency of one quarter of a penny, equivalent to 1/960 pound sterling, or 1/48 shilling. It was minted in copper and later in bronze, and replaced the earlier English farthings.
The coin was in use during the reigns of eleven monarchs: George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II, and in Britain and Northern Ireland ceased to be legal tender on 1 January 1961. However, in the Falkland Islands, the Falkland Islands Dependencies, and the British Antarctic Territory, the farthing remained legal tender until 31 October 1970.
The coin featured two main designs on its reverse during its 250 years in circulation: from the 18th century until 1936, the figure of Britannia; and from 1937 onwards, the image of a wren. Like all British coinage, it bore the portrait of the monarch on the obverse.
Before Decimal Day in 1971, there were 240 pence in one pound sterling. There were four farthings in a penny, twelve pence in a shilling, and twenty shillings in a pound; so 960 farthings in a pound.
The purchasing power of a farthing from 1860 to its demise at the beginning of 1961 ranged between 12p to 0.2p in 2017 values.
1668 Farthing Castle Token~ England
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