Damn guys!

[Berg 0]

Farthings, hmm is that a quarter of something!? Perhaps something similar to the scandinavian "fyrk" which is a quarter of an Öre.

Quarter of a predecimal Penny..demonitised in 1956, withdrawn from circulation in 1961 (last day of 1960)

Ok checked it up now... its the coin with the little bird on it

Are you collecting them from different years, variants or types?

[Berg 0]

Euro is fine, but it would probably have to be cash sent to a German address. Which is usually fine.

Ok then I guess it is just as easy to pay it in british pounds via a bank transfer. I was just curious as the british pound have becomed rather expensive lately in relation to swedish crowns. The beast deals (from a swedish perspective) now days seems to be by paying in us-dollars but Im guessing the us-dollar are rather low valued in comparison to british pounds now days aswell.

[Chris Perkins 228]

Ok Berg,

Email me and I can give you either a British or German bank details.

cp@predecimal.com

[kuhli 0]

Welcome, Berg!!!

Guess it's time for me to jump in and say "HI" from a yank across the pond. You are not the only foreigner here!!

Not an advanced collector of British like some of them here, but I do dabble quite a bit. I also like the newer, ummm, post-decimal?? stuff. I imagine it is boring to these folks, like the state quarters are boring to me. I specialize in being a general collector, although my collection seems to be magnetized to eastern Europe, currently.

[Master Jmd 80]

Are you collecting them from different years, variants or types?

I am collecting all of them...the different years, variants and types (with the exeption of Charles II patterns)...

[Berg 0]

Ok Berg,

Email me and I can give you either a British or German bank details.

cp@predecimal.com

E-mail send.

[Berg 0]

Welcome, Berg!!!

Guess it's time for me to jump in and say "HI" from a yank across the pond. You are not the only foreigner here!!

Not an advanced collector of British like some of them here, but I do dabble quite a bit. I also like the newer, ummm, post-decimal?? stuff. I imagine it is boring to these folks, like the state quarters are boring to me. I specialize in being a general collector, although my collection seems to be magnetized to eastern Europe, currently.

Thank you kuhli and interesting... one of my own my recently raised fields of interest are coins from Soviet Union (1918-1991). Do you specilise on any particular nation or time period when it comes to Eastern Europe?

[Berg 0]

Are you collecting them from different years, variants or types?

I am collecting all of them...the different years, variants and types (with the exeption of Charles II patterns)...

Sounds as if i ever have a question about english farthings then I know where to turn then

[Peter 615]

Farthings are collected by the educated few....take a bow JMD.. .If you don't get farthings no worries...you just don't know what you are missing...and may it stay that way.

[mint_mark 9]

Not that I specialise at all, but I often thought that a collection of the smallest denominations in each metal could be good... for pretty much any country. The thing with minors is that they are available in good condition (they didn't get used much) and they are cheap to buy (ignored by many collectors). Size isn't everything

[tubandpud 0]

Yes, the Farthing had a Wren (bird) on the reverse from 1937. Previously, Brittania.

[kuhli 0]

Thank you kuhli and interesting... one of my own my recently raised fields of interest are coins from Soviet Union (1918-1991). Do you specilise on any particular nation or time period when it comes to Eastern Europe?

I consider myself more of a generalist, rather than a specialist, as I collect more for entertainment and enjoyment, and on a very limited budget. Therefore, the majority of my collection are mid-grade circulation pieces, and base-metal and silver commems. I only have 1 piece of gold in my collection, and I got that on a fluke.

But, if I were to attempt to claim a specialty, I would say that if is definitely the coinage of Yugoslavia. I have about 95% of the circulation pieces that were released for issue (there are a few that were never released, but are available for $$$$$). I have a few commems, and am approaching the point to begin seriously pursuing some more. I am also slowly accumulating many of the mint sets issued during the 1980's and early 1990's, prior to the collapse of the Federation. I also have begun collections of all the republics that gained independence from Yugoslavia during the civil war of the 1990's.

[Geoff T 3]

Ok checked it up now... its the coin with the little bird on it

Valkommen. Berg!

Yes, the farthing had a wren on it from 1937 because it's the smallest British bird and this was our lowest denomination coin. That's the easy bit...

However - the wren reverse was originally designed for a proposed coinage of Edward VIII as a reverse for the silver 3d, as that was our smallest coin. For a man who abdicated before any of his coins officially entered circulation, he was incredibly fussy over their design, and not just in wanting to face left rather than right to show off his parting. Wanting something more modern, he eventually rejected a series with British birds on the reverse, from which the wren was salvaged. Another series proposed a half crown with a ship reverse, which was salvaged for the last pre-decimal halfpenny reverse.

BTW - I'm one of the other oldies on the site who can remember pre-decimal currency for real, hence my nostalgic addiction to half crowns.

Geoff

(Sorry, my keyboard won't do umlauts )

[Peter 615]

Pre decimal currency....I can just remember it.....unfortunatley I didn't have a lot.

Both my grandfathers collected key dates from change...I've got 42 1959 Scottish shillings GVF to Unc.

I was bought the Check you change booklets.

Green,blue and red which I've still got somewhere...I also had the yellow one (Pre Victorian) but I havent seen that for years.

WH Smiths also used to sell foreign currency sets...people bought me these for birthdays etc....my favourite uncle was a baker

(delivery man) and my bun head collection of coppers was boosted considerably.

I never used to be given old silver?.... and a halfcrown was a prized treasure.

[Geoff T 3]

I never used to be given old silver?.... and a halfcrown was a prized treasure.

That's because there was hardly any about to be given. The banks used to weed out the pre-1947 stuff, which is why you never saw it in change. George VI Cu-Ni (especially the ubiquitous 1948s) was about the earliest you got. As I've said before, all the kiddywinks on here who imagined we went round with pockets full of Victorian etc. silver are just hopelessly unreconstructed romanticists.

Geoff

[Berg 0]

Valkommen. Berg!

Well thank you for that warm welcoming Geoff T

Are you specialising on farthings aswell?

[Master Jmd 80]

Geoff is a Halfcrown and token collector I believe

[Emperor Oli 0]

Medals too (still haven't found ANY of those books I asked you about ages ago, Geoff).

[Geoff T 3]

Geoff is a Halfcrown and token collector I believe

...more specifically half crowns and commemorative medals, although I can always be seduced by a nice florin and of late I've been known to linger over farthings - but you can't have everything.

Geoff