<Tr> <Th> Designer </Th> <Td> Harold Wilson Parker </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design date </Th> <Td> 1937 </Td> </Tr> <P> The British farthing (1⁄4d) coin, from "fourthing", was a unit of currency of one quarter of a penny, or 1 / 960 of a pound sterling . It was minted in bronze, and replaced the earlier copper farthings . It was used during the reign of six monarchs: Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II, ceasing to be legal tender in 1960 . It featured two different designs on its reverse during its 100 years in circulation: from 1860 until 1936, the image of Britannia; and from 1937 onwards, the image of a wren . Like all British coinage, it bore the portrait of the monarch on the obverse . </P> <P> Before Decimal Day in 1971, there were 240 pence in one pound sterling . There were four farthings in a penny, 12 pence made a shilling, and 20 shillings made a pound . Values less than a pound were usually written in terms of shillings and pence, e.g. three shillings and six pence (3 / 6), pronounced "three and six" or "three and sixpence". Values of less than a shilling were simply written in terms of pence, e.g. 8d, pronounced "eightpence". A price with a farthing in it would be written like this: (19 / 111⁄4), pronounced "nineteen and elevenpence farthing". </P>

When did the farthing coin go out of circulation