Original pictures About the 1955 British Farthing • Denomination: Farthing (¼ of a penny, or 1/960 of a pound) • Metal: Bronze • Weight: ~2.83 g • Diameter: ~20 mm • Obverse (front): Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II (her very first portrait, by Mary Gillick) – 1953 was the first year it appeared. • Reverse (back): A wren bird (designed by Harold Wilson Parker), with the word FARTHING and the year 1955. • History: The farthing was demonetised in 1961, as inflation made such a small denomination impractical.
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