Great Britain 1913 1/3 farthing

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

This one-third farthing was struck for use in Malta. Being of the homeland type, it is collected with British coins and being the only issue of this denomination for George V, brings more than an otherwise obscure colonial coin. This denomination was previously struck in 1885 and 1902. As the second lowest value British coin, it was 1/12 of a penny, 1/144 of a shilling and 1/2,880 of a pound.

Recorded mintage: 288,000.

Specifications: 0.95 g, bronze, 15.3 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-823.

Sources:

• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• Freeman, Michael J., The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Rev. Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2006.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Peck, C. Wilson, English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed., London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.

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