King George V 1925 Farthing
Farthing Details:
- Diameter : 20mm, Weight : 2.821g
- Mintage - 12,634,697
- Value ranges from £2.00 - £48.00 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 1925?
- Ho Chi Minh founds the Vietnamese Nationalist Party
- Chrysler Corporation founded by Walter Chrysler.
- Louis Armstrong returns to Chicago and forms his own group, Louis Armstrong's Hot Five.
- Ford Motor Company buys the Stout Metal Airplane Company, leads to the production of the Ford Trimotor aircraft in 1926 .
- Physicists W.K. Heisenberg and Niels Bohr develop quantum mechanics, a key concept in modern physics.
- Cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere are first discovered by R.A. Milliken.
- Vladimir Zworykin files for color television patent, which he receives in 1928
- Hitler reorganizes the 27,00 member Nazi party
- Western Electric Research Laboratories and part of the engineering department of AT&T are consolidated to form Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.