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when did the farthing cease to become legal tender
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.A farthing was a fourth of an old penny . Smallest coin of the realm back in the year dot when I were but a lass.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Farthing-19 48-front.jpg
You could get a farthing chew or five chews for a Penny ...early sort of Bogoffs. Or a sticky bun from the bakers if my memory (such as it is these days) serves me correctly for a penny three farthings . Things were priced up in farthings Eg ...something might cost sixpence three farthings written as 6�d.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Farthing-19 48-front.jpg
You could get a farthing chew or five chews for a Penny ...early sort of Bogoffs. Or a sticky bun from the bakers if my memory (such as it is these days) serves me correctly for a penny three farthings . Things were priced up in farthings Eg ...something might cost sixpence three farthings written as 6�d.