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| | The Story of the Farthing. A Brief History, by Chard |
 | | From the first farthings of George VI in 1937 to the very last farthing of 1956 during the reign of Elizabeth II, the wren, Britain's smallest bird, continued to be used on the farthing, Britain's smallest and lowest valued coin. |
 | | Copper quarter farthings, incredible as it may seem to have needed coins worth 3840 to the pound, were produced from 1839 to 1853, but were almost exclusively reserved for use in Ceylon. |
 | | Incredibly, third farthings continued into the twentieth century, being issued for Edward VII in 1902, and for George V in 1913, with the same reverse of their value in two lines. |
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