Great Britain 1946 farthing

from the Cruzer Collection

This type was struck 1937-48 for Great Britain in substantial quantities and all dates are common tho proofs are rare. The farthing was terminated in 1956.

Recorded mintage: 24,565,000.

Specification: 2.28 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S.4116, KM 843.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• 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.

Link to:

• 1937 farthing
• South Africa 1946 farthing
• 1946 brass threepence
• 1946 sixpence
• 1946 shilling, English crest
• 1946 shilling, Scottish crest
• 1946 florin
• 1946 half crown
• 1949 farthing
• Coins and currency dated 1946