# English three farthing coin

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16th-century English coin

Three farthing Value 3/4 of a penny Diameter 14 mm Obverse Reverse Design Royal arms over a cross with the date above

The silver **three-[farthing](/source/Farthing_(British_coin))** (3⁄4[d](/source/Penny)) coin was introduced in [Queen Elizabeth I](/source/Elizabeth_I_of_England)'s third and fourth coinages (1561–1582), as part of a plan to produce large quantities of coins of varying denominations and high metal content. It was worth 1⁄16 [shilling](/source/English_shilling), or 1⁄320 [pound sterling](/source/Pound_sterling).

The [obverse](/source/Obverse) shows a left-facing bust of the queen, with a rose behind her and the legend E D G ROSA SINE SPINA – Elizabeth, [by the grace of God](/source/By_the_grace_of_God) a rose without a thorn – while the reverse shows the royal arms with the date above the arms and a [mint mark](/source/Mint_mark) at the beginning of the legend reading CIVITAS LONDON – [City of London](/source/City_of_London), the [Tower Mint](/source/Royal_Mint).

The three-farthings coin closely resembles the [three-halfpence](/source/Three_halfpence_(English_coin)) coin, differing only in the diameter, which is 14 mm (0.55 in) for an unclipped coin, compared to 16 mm (0.63 in) for the three-halfpence.

All the coins are [hammered](/source/Hammered_coinage), except for the extremely rare [milled](/source/Milled_coinage) three-farthings of 1563, of which only three examples are known to exist.[1]

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## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Coins of the UK - Three Farthings"](http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/threq.html). *www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk*. Retrieved 2022-09-16.

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