<P> The British farthing ( 1⁄4d ) coin , from `` fourthing '' , was a unit of currency of one quarter of a penny , or 1 / 960 of a pound sterling . 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 100 years in circulation : from 1860 until 1936 , the image of Britannia ; and from 1937 onwards , the image of a wren . Like all British coinage , it bore the portrait of the monarch on the obverse . </P>
<P> The British farthing ( 1⁄4d ) coin , from `` fourthing '' , was a unit of currency of one quarter of a penny , or 1 / 960 of a pound sterling . 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 100 years in circulation : from 1860 until 1936 , the image of Britannia ; and from 1937 onwards , the image of a wren . Like all British coinage , it bore the portrait of the monarch on the obverse . </P>
when did farthings go out of circulation in uk
when did farthings go out of circulation in uk
1936
1936