Farthing Details:

• Diameter : 22mm Weight : 4.7g
• Mintage - 1,028,628  
• Value ranges from £3.00 - £200.00 depending on condition and type (Source Collectors Coins GB 2009)

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Obverse A - Normal	Reverse 7 Mixed Batch - Reverse 4 Detached Shamrock Head, Reverse 5 No Serifs on BRITTANIAR & Reverse 6 Central dot after DEF,
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 15 known varieties of this coin.

What Happened in 1853?

• jul 08 - Commodore Matthew Perry sails into Edo Bay, Japan to force Japan to establish diplomatic and trade relation with the U.S.
  Russia and Turkey are fighting again.
  Envelopes made by paper folding machine.
  Telegraph cable links England and Ireland
  Dublin Exposition
  Unsuccessfull Crystal Palace exposition held in New York
  Franklin Pierce becomes the 14th president of the U.S.
  Haussman redesigns Paris
  Edgar Degas opens his first studio in Paris.