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Farthing - 1821 to 1901 - Price Guide
After the mint moved from the Tower of London to Tower Hill the production of gold and silver coins took precedence over copper in the Great Recoinage of 1816. The production of copper coins did not resume until the reign of King George IV (1820-1830), when farthings were produced in 1821.
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| 1821 | - | - | £3.60 | £9.90 | £28.40 | £39.90 |
| 1822 - Leaf ribs raised | - | - | £3.20 | £9.30 | £26.80 | £35.60 |
| 1822 - Leaf ribs incuse | - | - | £3.20 | £9.30 | £26.80 | £35.60 |
| 1822 - Leaf ribs incuse - ↑↑ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1822 - Inverted A | - | - | £24.00 | £76.00 | £188 | £244 |
| 1823 | - | - | £3.60 | £9.90 | £28.40 | £35.90 |
| 1823 - I instead of 1 in date | - | - | £20.00 | £70.00 | £155 | £198 |
| 1825 | - | - | £3.60 | £9.90 | £28.40 | £37.70 |
| 1825 - D/U in DEI | - | - | £16.00 | £59.00 | £138 | £178 |
| 1825 - Gold | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1826 - Large Head | - | - | £4.40 | £12.10 | £34.10 | £45.00 |
| 1826 - Large Head - R/E in Gratia | - | - | £16.00 | £64.00 | £152 | £196 |
| 1826 - Small Head | - | - | £3.20 | £9.10 | £29.60 | £39.80 |
| 1826 - Small Head - Roman I | - | - | £13.50 | £54.50 | £177 | £239 |
| 1826 - ↑↑ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1827 | - | - | £3.20 | £9.10 | £30.90 | £41.80 |
| 1828 | - | - | £2.80 | £9.10 | £33.70 | £46.00 |
| 1829 | - | - | £3.20 | £10.50 | £36.60 | £49.60 |
| 1830 | - | - | £2.80 | £9.10 | £32.90 | £44.80 |
| 1831 | - | - | £4.00 | £9.50 | £26.70 | £35.30 |
| 1831 - ↑↓ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1834 - Incuse saltire | - | - | £4.00 | £9.50 | £32.60 | £50.70 |
| 1834 - Raised line on saltire | - | - | £4.80 | £12.00 | £37.00 | £49.50 |
| 1835 - Incuse line on saltire | - | - | £4.00 | £13.20 | £39.60 | £52.80 |
| 1835 - ↑↑ - Raised line on saltire | - | - | £6.40 | £13.80 | £42.60 | £57.00 |
| 1835 - ↑↓ - Raised line on saltire | - | - | £1.60 | £9.60 | £40.80 | £56.40 |
| 1836 | - | - | £4.00 | £9.50 | £33.80 | £45.90 |
| 1837 | - | - | £4.00 | £10.30 | £35.70 | £48.30 |
| 1838 | - | - | £4.00 | £8.30 | £27.30 | £36.80 |
| 1839 | - | - | £3.60 | £7.50 | £26.30 | £35.60 |
| 1839 - Silver | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1839 - Bronze | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1840 | - | - | £3.60 | £7.50 | £26.30 | £35.60 |
| 1841 | - | - | £3.60 | £7.50 | £26.30 | £35.60 |
| 1842 | - | - | £10.80 | £35.70 | £76.50 | £96.90 |
| 1843 | - | - | £3.60 | £7.50 | £22.40 | £29.90 |
| 1843 - 3/2 | - | - | £8.00 | £24.00 | £60.00 | £78.00 |
| 1843 - 4 over inverted 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1843 - I instead of 1 in date | - | - | £60.00 | £280 | £466 | £559 |
| 1844 | - | - | £51.70 | £193 | £407 | £513 |
| 1845 | - | - | £5.20 | £7.90 | £25.60 | £34.50 |
| 1846 | - | - | £5.60 | £11.30 | £34.30 | £45.80 |
| 1847 | - | - | £4.00 | £7.50 | £25.80 | £34.90 |
| 1848 | - | - | £4.00 | £7.90 | £25.90 | £35.00 |
| 1849 | - | - | £36.00 | £70.00 | £193 | £254 |
| 1850 | - | - | £4.00 | £7.00 | £24.00 | £32.50 |
| 1850 - 5/4 | - | - | £8.00 | £24.00 | £56.00 | £72.00 |
| 1851 | - | - | £7.20 | £15.70 | £38.80 | £50.40 |
| 1851 - D over rotated D | - | - | £46.00 | £101 | £231 | £295 |
| 1852 | - | - | £8.80 | £17.30 | £41.80 | £54.10 |
| 1853 - W.W. Incuse | - | - | £8.00 | £22.00 | £62.30 | £82.40 |
| 1853 - W.W. Raised | - | - | £3.60 | £6.20 | £19.60 | £26.30 |
| 1853 - W.W. Raised - 3/2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1854 | - | - | £4.00 | £7.50 | £22.90 | £30.60 |
| 1855 - W.W. Incuse | - | - | £4.00 | £8.70 | £31.50 | £42.90 |
| 1855 - W.W. Raised | - | - | £4.80 | £8.40 | £28.90 | £39.10 |
| 1856 | - | - | £8.80 | £18.30 | £43.70 | £56.30 |
| 1856 - R/E in Victoria | - | - | £14.00 | £30.00 | £90.00 | £120 |
| 1857 | - | - | £4.00 | £7.50 | £24.40 | £32.90 |
| 1858 | - | - | £4.00 | £7.50 | £24.40 | £32.90 |
| 1859 | - | - | £8.80 | £17.00 | £40.80 | £52.80 |
| 1860 - Bronze - Beaded border | - | - | £2.40 | £3.60 | £14.50 | £19.90 |
| 1860 - Bronze - Toothed border | - | - | £1.60 | £3.30 | £14.80 | £20.60 |
| 1860 - Bronze - Beaded/Toothed | - | - | £127 | £290 | £486 | £584 |
| 1861 - 4 Berries | - | - | £2.40 | £2.70 | £12.70 | £17.70 |
| 1861 - 5 Berries | - | - | £2.40 | £2.70 | £14.70 | £20.70 |
| 1862 - Small 8 | - | - | £1.60 | £2.70 | £12.70 | £17.70 |
| 1862 - Large 8 | - | - | £42.00 | £120 | £201 | £242 |
| 1863 | - | - | £25.30 | £51.40 | £138 | £181 |
| 1864 - No serif | - | - | £1.60 | £3.90 | £19.00 | £26.50 |
| 1864 - Serif | - | - | £1.60 | £4.50 | £19.90 | £27.60 |
| 1864 - IWW on truncation | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1865 | - | - | £1.60 | £3.40 | £16.50 | £23.10 |
| 1865 - 5/2 | - | - | £8.00 | £8.90 | £28.30 | £38.00 |
| 1866 | - | - | £1.60 | £3.10 | £14.20 | £19.80 |
| 1867 | - | - | £1.60 | £3.40 | £17.40 | £24.20 |
| 1868 | - | - | £1.60 | £3.70 | £17.50 | £24.40 |
| 1869 | - | - | £2.40 | £8.50 | £27.60 | £37.10 |
| 1872 | - | - | £1.60 | £3.10 | £14.90 | £21.50 |
| 1873 | - | - | £1.60 | £3.10 | £12.90 | £19.00 |
| 1874 - H - Old | - | - | £2.00 | £5.90 | £20.00 | £27.00 |
| 1874 - H - G's over rotated G's | - | - | £95.00 | £245 | £455 | £560 |
| 1875 - Young - Large date | - | - | £2.40 | £9.20 | £24.40 | £32.10 |
| 1875 - Young - Small date | - | - | £8.00 | £20.00 | £67.50 | £91.30 |
| 1875 - Old | - | - | £5.60 | £18.00 | £53.00 | £70.50 |
| 1875 - H - Old | - | - | £62.00 | £188 | £264 | £302 |
| 1875 - H - Young | - | - | - | £1.80 | £8.70 | £12.10 |
| 1876 - H | - | - | £3.20 | £10.80 | £29.20 | £38.50 |
| 1876 - H - Large 6 | - | - | £5.60 | £24.00 | £52.00 | £66.00 |
| 1877 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1878 | - | - | £1.60 | £2.80 | £10.00 | £13.60 |
| 1879 | - | - | £1.60 | £2.80 | £13.00 | £22.60 |
| 1879 - Large 9 | - | - | - | £2.10 | £13.10 | £18.50 |
| 1880 | - | - | £1.60 | £3.10 | £16.00 | £22.40 |
| 1881 | - | - | £1.60 | £3.80 | £13.50 | £18.40 |
| 1881 - H | - | - | £1.60 | £3.30 | £11.30 | £17.80 |
| 1882 - H | - | - | £1.60 | £3.60 | £11.80 | £15.90 |
| 1883 | - | - | £4.00 | £9.70 | £28.70 | £38.20 |
| 1884 | - | - | £1.60 | £2.80 | £10.80 | £13.70 |
| 1885 | - | - | £1.60 | £2.80 | £10.80 | £13.70 |
| 1886 | - | - | £1.60 | £2.80 | £10.80 | £14.80 |
| 1887 | - | - | £1.60 | £3.20 | £13.00 | £17.90 |
| 1888 | - | - | £1.60 | £3.20 | £13.00 | £17.90 |
| 1890 | - | - | £1.60 | £3.20 | £12.00 | £16.40 |
| 1891 | - | - | £1.60 | £2.80 | £10.80 | £13.20 |
| 1892 | - | - | £3.20 | £9.70 | £27.30 | £36.20 |
| 1893 | - | - | £1.60 | £2.80 | £10.40 | £14.20 |
| 1894 | - | - | £1.60 | £3.20 | £13.60 | £18.80 |
| 1895 - Young head | - | - | £7.60 | £21.00 | £47.20 | £60.30 |
| 1895 - Veiled head | - | - | £0.80 | £1.60 | £7.20 | £9.00 |
| 1896 | - | - | £0.80 | £1.20 | £5.80 | £8.10 |
| 1897 - Bright finish | - | - | £0.80 | £2.00 | £6.60 | £7.90 |
| 1897 - Blackened finish | - | - | £0.80 | £2.00 | £6.60 | £7.40 |
| 1897 - Blackened finish - Low Tide | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1898 | - | - | £0.80 | £1.20 | £5.80 | £6.90 |
| 1899 | - | - | £0.80 | £1.20 | £5.80 | £6.70 |
| 1900 | - | - | £0.80 | £1.60 | £5.00 | £6.00 |
| 1901 | - | - | £0.80 | £1.60 | £3.50 | £3.90 |
| Variety | MS-60 | MS-62 | MS-63 | MS-64 | MS-65 | MS-66 | MS-67 |
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| 1821 | £47.00 | £91.20 | £103 | £114 | £177 | - | - |
| 1822 - Leaf ribs raised | £44.30 | £107 | £120 | £122 | £142 | £163 | - |
| 1822 - Leaf ribs incuse | £44.30 | £85.80 | £112 | £133 | - | - | - |
| 1822 - Leaf ribs incuse - ↑↑ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1822 - Inverted A | £300 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1823 | £47.00 | £90.10 | £122 | £140 | £167 | £331 | - |
| 1823 - I instead of 1 in date | £240 | £360 | £480 | - | - | - | - |
| 1825 | £47.00 | £75.70 | £98.90 | £122 | £202 | £209 | - |
| 1825 - D/U in DEI | £218 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1825 - Gold | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1826 - Large Head | £56.00 | £104 | £116 | £128 | - | - | - |
| 1826 - Large Head - R/E in Gratia | £240 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1826 - Small Head | £50.00 | £82.50 | £90.20 | £97.90 | £268 | - | - |
| 1826 - Small Head - Roman I | £300 | £434 | £568 | - | - | - | - |
| 1826 - ↑↑ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1827 | £52.70 | £101 | £148 | - | - | - | - |
| 1828 | £58.30 | £92.80 | £103 | £113 | - | - | - |
| 1829 | £62.70 | £103 | £110 | £115 | - | - | - |
| 1830 | £56.70 | £99.50 | £117 | £135 | - | - | - |
| 1831 | £43.90 | £80.20 | £114 | £137 | £269 | - | - |
| 1831 - ↑↓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1834 - Incuse saltire | £55.70 | £90.40 | £137 | £165 | - | - | - |
| 1834 - Raised line on saltire | £62.00 | £94.00 | £114 | £245 | - | - | - |
| 1835 - Incuse line on saltire | £66.00 | £108 | £160 | - | - | - | - |
| 1835 - ↑↑ - Raised line on saltire | £71.30 | £92.40 | £104 | £228 | £351 | - | - |
| 1835 - ↑↓ - Raised line on saltire | £72.00 | £78.00 | £83.90 | - | - | - | - |
| 1836 | £58.00 | £102 | £153 | - | - | - | - |
| 1837 | £61.00 | £112 | £140 | £169 | - | - | - |
| 1838 | £46.30 | £92.40 | £148 | £236 | - | - | - |
| 1839 | £45.00 | £97.50 | £111 | £125 | £232 | £337 | - |
| 1839 - Silver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1839 - Bronze | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1840 | £45.00 | £96.20 | £136 | - | - | - | - |
| 1841 | £45.00 | £98.90 | £132 | £250 | £366 | - | - |
| 1842 | £117 | £227 | £337 | - | - | - | - |
| 1843 | £37.30 | £84.80 | £121 | £157 | - | - | - |
| 1843 - 3/2 | £96.00 | £198 | £300 | - | - | - | - |
| 1843 - 4 over inverted 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1843 - I instead of 1 in date | £652 | £1,130 | £1,600 | - | - | - | - |
| 1844 | £620 | £1,200 | £1,790 | - | - | - | - |
| 1845 | £43.30 | £95.80 | £114 | - | - | - | - |
| 1846 | £57.30 | £114 | £170 | - | - | - | - |
| 1847 | £44.00 | £95.30 | £147 | - | - | - | - |
| 1848 | £44.00 | £95.30 | £149 | £165 | - | - | - |
| 1849 | £315 | £515 | £638 | £951 | £1,260 | - | - |
| 1850 | £41.00 | £93.80 | £147 | £162 | £194 | - | - |
| 1850 - 5/4 | £88.00 | £198 | £308 | - | - | - | - |
| 1851 | £62.00 | £130 | £198 | - | - | - | - |
| 1851 - D over rotated D | £360 | £583 | £805 | - | - | - | - |
| 1852 | £66.30 | £105 | £108 | - | - | - | - |
| 1853 - W.W. Incuse | £103 | £205 | £308 | - | - | - | - |
| 1853 - W.W. Raised | £33.00 | £79.10 | £97.80 | £111 | £185 | - | - |
| 1853 - W.W. Raised - 3/2 | - | - | - | - | £162 | - | - |
| 1854 | £38.30 | £73.80 | £109 | - | - | £387 | - |
| 1855 - W.W. Incuse | £54.30 | £98.70 | £143 | - | - | - | - |
| 1855 - W.W. Raised | £49.30 | £92.00 | £135 | - | - | - | - |
| 1856 | £69.00 | £143 | £218 | - | - | - | - |
| 1856 - R/E in Victoria | £150 | £241 | £358 | - | - | - | - |
| 1857 | £41.30 | £82.20 | £108 | £182 | - | - | - |
| 1858 | £41.30 | £82.20 | £123 | £264 | - | - | - |
| 1859 | £64.70 | £130 | £151 | - | - | - | - |
| 1860 - Bronze - Beaded border | £25.30 | £55.20 | £88.60 | £93.30 | £141 | £189 | - |
| 1860 - Bronze - Toothed border | £26.30 | £59.00 | £67.10 | £75.20 | £143 | £323 | - |
| 1860 - Bronze - Beaded/Toothed | £683 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1861 - 4 Berries | £22.70 | £58.50 | £94.30 | - | - | - | - |
| 1861 - 5 Berries | £26.70 | £61.20 | £69.10 | £77.00 | £129 | £173 | - |
| 1862 - Small 8 | £22.70 | £55.50 | £70.50 | £85.40 | £136 | £193 | - |
| 1862 - Large 8 | £283 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1863 | £223 | £371 | £518 | - | - | - | - |
| 1864 - No serif | £34.00 | £72.70 | £111 | £150 | - | - | - |
| 1864 - Serif | £35.30 | £75.30 | £103 | - | - | - | - |
| 1864 - IWW on truncation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1865 | £29.70 | £58.30 | £67.80 | £77.20 | - | - | - |
| 1865 - 5/2 | £47.70 | £92.50 | £101 | £109 | £129 | - | - |
| 1866 | £25.30 | £50.30 | £57.10 | £61.60 | £66.10 | - | - |
| 1867 | £31.30 | £59.40 | £68.30 | - | - | - | - |
| 1868 | £31.30 | £65.40 | £111 | - | - | - | - |
| 1869 | £46.70 | £85.90 | £113 | £140 | £142 | - | - |
| 1872 | £26.70 | £60.70 | £94.70 | - | - | - | - |
| 1873 | £22.70 | £54.00 | £57.20 | £60.50 | £115 | £173 | - |
| 1874 - H - Old | £34.00 | £72.70 | £96.90 | £101 | - | - | - |
| 1874 - H - G's over rotated G's | £665 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 - Young - Large date | £39.70 | £92.70 | £146 | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 - Young - Small date | £115 | £238 | £360 | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 - Old | £88.00 | £184 | £279 | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 - H - Old | £340 | £590 | £800 | - | - | - | - |
| 1875 - H - Young | £15.50 | £47.30 | £79.00 | £90.50 | - | - | - |
| 1876 - H | £47.70 | £102 | £156 | - | - | - | - |
| 1876 - H - Large 6 | £80.00 | £140 | £200 | - | - | - | - |
| 1877 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1878 | £17.20 | £46.40 | £52.40 | £58.50 | £105 | - | - |
| 1879 | £23.20 | £46.60 | £90.40 | - | - | - | - |
| 1879 - Large 9 | £24.00 | £63.50 | £103 | - | - | - | - |
| 1880 | £28.90 | £63.60 | £91.30 | - | - | - | - |
| 1881 | £23.20 | £48.80 | £58.50 | £68.30 | £94.10 | - | - |
| 1881 - H | £19.20 | £48.80 | £56.80 | £64.80 | £120 | - | - |
| 1882 - H | £21.40 | £53.20 | £61.10 | £69.00 | £92.10 | - | - |
| 1883 | £47.70 | £86.50 | £96.10 | £106 | - | - | - |
| 1884 | £16.50 | £35.50 | £43.20 | £50.90 | - | - | - |
| 1885 | £16.50 | £36.60 | £41.70 | £46.80 | £106 | - | - |
| 1886 | £16.50 | £41.40 | £45.70 | £50.00 | £104 | - | - |
| 1887 | £21.90 | £41.90 | £47.80 | - | - | - | - |
| 1888 | £22.80 | £44.10 | £57.10 | £70.10 | £76.20 | - | - |
| 1890 | £17.90 | £40.80 | £45.40 | £50.00 | £105 | - | - |
| 1891 | £16.50 | £36.50 | £63.70 | £72.40 | - | - | - |
| 1892 | £45.00 | £81.60 | £109 | £136 | - | - | - |
| 1893 | £15.30 | £39.00 | £41.10 | £43.20 | £84.20 | - | - |
| 1894 | £20.00 | £41.60 | £69.00 | £96.20 | - | - | - |
| 1895 - Young head | £73.30 | £120 | £137 | £154 | £200 | - | - |
| 1895 - Veiled head | £11.00 | £18.40 | £30.80 | £62.80 | £80.40 | - | - |
| 1896 | £8.60 | £22.00 | £38.60 | £68.50 | - | - | - |
| 1897 - Bright finish | £9.10 | £24.10 | £30.90 | £39.30 | - | - | - |
| 1897 - Blackened finish | £8.10 | £21.10 | £34.00 | - | - | - | - |
| 1897 - Blackened finish - Low Tide | £5.60 | £16.80 | £28.00 | - | - | - | - |
| 1898 | £7.90 | £19.60 | £31.30 | - | - | - | - |
| 1899 | £7.60 | £18.10 | £35.20 | - | - | - | - |
| 1900 | £6.80 | £17.10 | £27.30 | - | - | - | - |
| 1901 | £4.40 | £12.00 | £15.00 | £18.00 | £61.00 | £99.80 | - |
Proof (PR): Planchets of these coins (not intended for circulation) were polished before struck (usually struck twice for higher quality). The field of Proof coins wear a cameo aspect.
