My parents tell me that farthings were little used even when they were legal tender. Large numbers of them may have lain around in drawers for years on end. This is good news for coin collectors who will find that coins in good condition are cheap and easy to acquire. After demonetisation antique shops tended to keep stacks of them along with silver threepences, which is where I started my collection.
A Big History for a Small coin
My parents tell me that farthings were little used even when they were legal tender. Large numbers of them may have lain around in drawers for years on end. This is good news for coin collectors who will find that coins in good condition are cheap and easy to acquire. After demonetisation antique shops tended to keep stacks of them along with silver threepences, which is where I started my collection.
A great place to start collecting
Me Mum was a Farthing.
My favorite is the Henry III cut long cross farthing
It is an amazing historical coin
My favorites are William IV and Victoria. Cool video!
They are very nice
Do you have many?
@@BitsAndBobsCoins I have a few, a couple from Victoria including a pretty nice one, and a rather beat up one from William