Quarter farthing: Difference between revisions
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Looking carefully at the photo of the coin, it DOES look like BRITTANIAR -- I don't have any idea why! So I have reverted the article to what it was before y previous attempted correction. |
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The quarter farthing was a British coin worth <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄3840 of a pound, <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄192 of a shilling, or <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />+1⁄16 of a penny. The Royal Mint issued the coins in copper for exclusive use in British Ceylon in 1839, 1851, 1852, and 1853.[1] The mint also produced bronze proofs in 1868.[2]
The obverse of the coins used William Wyon's obverse die for the Maundy twopence, bearing a left-facing portrait of Queen Victoria and the legend VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D:Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[1] Wyon designed the reverse to feature a royal crown above the words QUARTER FARTHINGScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". and the date. Below the date, the coins featured a heraldic rose with three leaves on either side.[1] The coins were made of copper, weighed 1.2 gramme, and had a diameter of 13.5 millimetres.[1] The mint struck proof quarter farthings in bronze and copper-nickel in 1868, but did not issue any quarter farthings for circulation that year.[2]
While quarter farthings were never legal tender in the United Kingdom,[3] they are fractions of the British farthing, which was currency in Ceylon, and traditionally have been catalogued as British coinage.[4]
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