Farthing Details:

1. Diameter : 22mm, Weight : 4.71g
2. Mintage 2,688,000 
3. Value ranges from £5.00 - £150.00 depending on condition (Source Collectors Coins GB 2009)

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1831 | 1834 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837

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Obverse Design: William's bust facing right, date below bust, abbreviated legend is as follows: GULIELMUS IIII DEI GRATIA (William by the Grace of God)	Reverse Design: Seated Britannia facing right, holding a shield and trident, abbreviated legend is as follows: BRITANNIAR: REX: FID: DEF: (King of the Britains, Defender of the Faith)

Varieties

There is 1 known variety of this coin.

• What Happened in 1831?

• Pedro I of Brazil abdicates as emperor of Brazil in favor of his son Pedro II of Brazil.
  Inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of Belgium.
  Mazzini founds Young Italy to work for unification.
  Syria is conquered by the Egyptians.
  Jerusalem conquered by Mehemet Ali of Egypt.
  Charles Darwin sets out.
  Between now and 1866 there will be three cholera epidemics in Europe.
  Gregory XVI  becomes Pope.