King George v 1922 Farthing
Farthing Details:
- Diameter : 20mm, Weight : 2.821g
- Mintage - 9,956,983
- Value ranges from £1.00 - £11.00 depending on condition (Source Collectors Coins GB 2009)
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| 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 is 1 known variety of this coin.
What Happened in 1922?
- First 3-D movie, requires spectacles with one red and one green lens
- Reader's Digest founded
- The Pope is Pius XI.
- Irish Republican Army (IRA) is formed by the militant arm of the Sinn Fein.
- Insulin is isolated and used to save the life of a young man, marking the first successful treatment for diabetes.
- Chinese Communist Party founded.Tuberculosis vaccine first used on children in France.
- John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga is published.
- Costa Rican troops invade Panama.
- The novel Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf is published.