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1 Farthing - Richard II London mint
| Issuer | England |
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| Year | 1377-1399 |
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| Value | 1 Farthing (1⁄960) |
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| Obverse lettering | + RICARD:REX:ANGL (Translation: Richard King of England) |
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| Reverse script | Latin (uncial) |
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Richard II's silver farthings are among the rarest denominations of his reign — so few were struck that numismatists long debated whether a farthing coinage existed at all for this period. The London mint output was minimal, reflecting the near-collapse of the small-change economy in late 14th-century England, where clipped and counterfeit halfpennies had effectively displaced legitimate fractional silver from daily use.
North 1333 is a type of considerable scarcity. Genuine examples surface infrequently even in specialist sales.