1 Farthing - Anne 1714

Weight

5.79 g

Diameter

22 mm

Thickness

NA

Material

Copper

Shape

Round

Edge Type

Plain

Technique

Milled

Front design

Draped bust of Queen Anne facing left, legend around.

Back design

Seated figure of Britannia facing left, trident in left hand, olive branch in raised right hand, shield with Union flag resting on left, legend around, date in exergue.

Year of Minting

1714

Queen

Anne (1707-1714)

Mint location

Royal Mint (Tower of London) , United Kingdom (1279-1810)

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Coin alignment ↑↓

Inscriptions

Obverse: ANNA DEI GRATIA Reverse: BRITAN NIA · 1714

Context

Only struck in the year of Queen Anne's death (1714), they did not circulate widely, to the extent that rumours started saying that they were of great rarity. Indeed Peck states that they were never officially issued and Spink lists them as Patterns. The following is an excerpt from the Department of Special Collections at the University of Notre Dame Libraries: 'In the last year of her reign the London mintmaster, Isaac Newton, oversaw the production of a few farthings, most of which were proofs, but a few may have been made for circulation. These coins were slightly smaller than William's farthings but of a much higher level of craftsmanship. Newton produced a more uniform product with less of a weight range between examples and sharper reliefs on the images.'

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Non-circulating

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

Marketplace listings

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