Half farthing

One half farthing
United Kingdom
Value£0.00052083
0.125d
Mass2.3 g
Diameter18.0 mm
EdgePlain
Composition(1828–1856) copper
(1868) bronze
Years of minting1828, 1830, 1837, 1839 1842–1844, 1847, 1851–1854, 1856, 1868 (proof only)
Obverse
DesignProfile of the monarch (Victoria design shown)
DesignerWilliam Wyon
Design date1839
Reverse
DesignVarious (Crown and rose-thistle-shamrock design shown)
Design date1842

The half farthing was a British coin worth 11920 of a pound, 196 of a shilling, or 18 of a penny. The coins were minted in copper for use in British Ceylon in various years between 1828 and 1856, and as a bronze proof coin in 1868. In 1842, they were also declared legal tender in the United Kingdom. Half farthings were demonetised along with all other British copper coins on 31 December 1869.


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