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Name or Denominations
1 Farthing (1⁄960)
Issuer
England (United Kingdom)
Ruler
Henry III ( 1216-1272 )
Year of Minting
1218-1247
Currency
Pound sterling ( 1158-1970 )
Shape
Quarter circle
Rarity
Ultra rare
Weight
NA
Diameter
10 mm
Thickness
1 mm
Material
Silver
Shape
Quarter circle
Edge Type
NA
Technique
Hammered
Front design
Centre left segment of crowned facing bust with sceptre to the left, legend around.
Back design
Segment of voided short cross with quatrefoils of pellets in angles within inner beaded circle, moneyer and mint name around.
Year of Minting
1218-1247
King
Henry III ( 1216-1272 )
Mint location
NA
Mint mark
NA
Orientation
NA
Inscriptions
Obverse: Һ[ЄNRICVS R]ЄX
Context
House of Plantagenet (1154-1399), Henry III (1216-72), Short Cross coinage (1216-47), Class 7a, Silver cut farthing. Uncut penny struck at London or one of the regional mints c. 1218-20. Medieval coins were cut into halves and quarters to provide fractional denominations without the need to strike new coins. It is thought these were generally cut at the mint, although it is also likely to have happened during transactions. Cut farthings are known in England from Anglo-Saxon times (c. 750s) until Edward I introduced round farthings and halfpennies in the new coinage of 1279.
Rarity
Ultra rare
Coin type
Standard circulation
In circulation
No
Demonetized
Yes
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