English Three Farthing coin

The silver three-farthing (³⁄₄d) coin was introduced in Queen Elizabeth I's third and fourth coinages (1561-1582), as part of a plan to produce large quantities of coins of varying denominations and high metal content.

The obverse shows a left-facing bust of the queen, with a rose behind her and the legend E D G ROSA SINE SPINA – Elizabeth, by the grace of God a rose without a thorn – while the reverse shows the royal arms with the date above the arms and a mint mark at the beginning of the legend reading CIVITAS LONDON – City of London, the Tower Mint.

The three-farthings coin closely resembles the three-halfpence coin, differing only in the diameter, which is 14 millimetres for an unclipped coin, compared to 16 mm for the three-halfpence.

All the coins are hammered, except for the extremely rare milled three-farthings of 1563, of which only three examples are known to exist.

Coins of England

Silver	Sceat Penny (to 1066, 1066–1154, 1154–1485, 1485–1603, 1603–1707) Farthing Groat Shilling Threepence Sixpence Three farthings Three halfpence Crown Half crown

Gold	Gold penny (1257) Noble (1344) Florin (1344) Half Florin (1344) Quarter Florin (1344) Angel (1465) Sovereign (1489) Crown of the Rose (1526) Half crown (1526) Jacobus (James I) Rose Ryal (1604) Spur ryal (1604) Unite (1604) Laurel (1619) Half laurel (1619) Carolus (Charles I) Triple unite (1642) Fifty shillings (1656) Broad (1656)

Copper and tin	Farthing

Coins of England category

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