| WILLIAM & MARY FARTHING 1689-1694 |
| There were four different obverses and three different reverses designs issued for the William & Mary farthings. The first three obverses were used on tin coinages and the last on the copper series. The third reverse was use on both tin and copper coins. Tin farthings were issued with copper plugs in the centre. Tin was used to help boost the tin mining industry, and the copper plug was used to discourage forgery. Forgery was however quite prolific, also tin was found to corrode easily and wear easily (tin coins of this are hard to find in conditions of Very Fine and above). Therefore copper farthings were reintroduced in 1694. Although there are a small hand full of copper coins known to exist dated 1693. |
| William & Mary Farthing 1689 (Obverse 1, Reverse 1) |
| William III Farthing 1689 (Obverse 2, Reverse 2) |
| William & Mary Farthing 1689-1693 (Obverse 3, Reverse 3) |
| William & Mary Farthing 1694 (Obverse 4, Reverse 3) |
| Courtesy of Geoffrey Cope www.petitioncrown.com |
| Courtesy of Geoffrey Cope www.petitioncrown.com |
| 1689-1692 Tin With Copper Plug, 5 grams, 23mm Diameter. 1693 & 1694 Copper, 5.5 grams, 24mm Diameter |
