The British Farthing, whether it was made from bronze or copper, was one quarter of a Penny. I do not believe that there was a US equivalent.
American Brass Company ended in 1960.
American Brass Company was created in 1834.
American Brass Quintet was created in 1960.
Luke 21:2 - and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. [NKJV]According to Strong's Lexicon, a "mite" was "a small brass coin, equivalent to the eighth part of an "as", worth about a 1/5 of a cent."
The last British Farthing was minted in 1956 and the coin was demonetised in 1960. There is no British decimal equivalent coin, but at the time of decimalisation, a Farthing, if the coin had existed, would have converted to 0.104 New Pence GBP. At current January 2010 exchange rates, that would be about 2 cents CAD.
Bronzo is one Italian equivalent of 'brass'. It's a masculine gender noun. Another equivalent is ottone. It's a masculine gender noun that refers to brass in the sense of the musical instruments in the brass section of the band or orchestra.
A farthing was 1/4 of a penny.
Stephen Farthing was born in 1950.
Ian Farthing is 5' 11".
Bruce Farthing has written: 'Farthing on international shipping' -- subject(s): Government policy, Shipping
Ron Farthing Motorcycles. See link below.
Farthing - novel - has 320 pages.