Farthing Details:

• Diameter : 20mm, Weight : 2.821g 
• Mintage - 19,362,818
• Value ranges from £1.00 - £12.00 depending on condition (Source Collectors Coins GB 2009)

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• 1918 farthings were chemically darkened, to avoid the being confused for half sovereigns, these were very similar in size.

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Obverse A	Reverse 1
Obverse A	Reverse 1
Obverse Design: George's bust facing left, abbreviated legend is as follows: GEORGIUS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP (George V by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India)	Reverse Design: Seated Britannia facing right, holding a shield and trident, with the word "FARTHING" above and the date below.

Varieties

There are 2 known varieties of this coin.

What Happened in 1918?

• Women over thirty win right to vote in Britain.
• Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604
• England's Royal Flying Corps replaced by Royal Air Force.
• "Red Baron", [Manfred von Richtofen], shot down in WW I at 25.
• Influenza pandemic begins, over twenty-five million people die in the following six months
• On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, the Armistice is signed effectively halting the War