Farthing Details:

• Diameter : 22mm Weight : 4.7g
• Mintage - 822,528  
• Value ranges from £30.00 - £325.00 depending on condition and type (Source Collectors Coins GB 2009)

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Obverse A - Normal	Reverse 2 - E/E in REG
Obverse Design: Victoria's bust facing left, abbreviated legend is as follows: VICTORIA DEI GRATIA (Victoria by the Grace of God)	Reverse Design: Seated Britannia facing right, holding a shield and trident, legend as follows: BRITANNIAR: REG: FID: DEF: (Queen of Britains, Defender of the Faith)

Varieties

• There are 3 known varieties of this coin.

What Happened in 1852?

• feb 11 - First British public toilet for women opens in Bedford Street, London
  may - |TEXAS| The first Lone Star State Fair in Corpus Christi
  sep 14 - The Duke of Wellington, British commander at the Battle of Waterloo and Prime Minister, dies
  nov - Franklin Pierce defeats Winfield Scott in the U.S. presidential election
  Second Empire declared in France.
  Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is published.
  Postage stamps are widely used.
  The first direct message from London to Paris is sent by telegraph.
  Cork Exhibition
  Indiana shoemaker Lodner D. Phillips built at least two submarines.