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A Penny Farthing was a 19th Century bicycle invented in 1871 by British engineer, James Starley.

A Penny and a Farthing are both coins from the now redundant British predecimal currency system.

The Penny Farthing bicycle was so named for the contrast of the size of the front and back wheels which were likened to the old Penny and Farthing coins.

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