FARTHING

I'm still grounded with this throat infection so its another indoor shot today I'm afraid.

The British farthing (¼d) coin, from "fourthing," was a unit of currency of one quarter of a penny. It was minted in bronze, and replaced the earlier copper farthings. It was used during the reign of six monarchs: Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II, ceasing to be legal tender in 1960. It featured two different designs on its reverse during its one hundred years in circulation. From 1860 until 1936 the image of Britannia, and from 1937 onwards the image of a wren.

Before Decimal Day in 1971 there were two hundred and forty pennies in one pound sterling. There were four farthings in a penny. Twelve pennies made a shilling, and twenty shillings made a pound. Values less than a pound were usually written in terms of shillings and pence, e.g. three shillings and six pence (3/6), pronounced "three and six" or "three and sixpence". Values of less than a shilling were simply written in terms of pennies, e.g. eight pennies would be 8d, pronounced "eightpence." A price with a farthing in it would be written like this: (19/11¼), pronounced "nineteen and elevenpence farthing". The scary thing is that I can still remember all this!

Go for large, you know you want to!