These coins are part of the now long redundant British predecimal currency.
Values from least to most are -
A Farthing is one quarter of a Penny
A Halfpenny is one half of a Penny
One Shilling is worth 12 Pence (or 12 Pennies)
A Florin is worth 2 Shillings (or 24 Pence)
A Crown is worth 5 Shillings (or 60 Pence)
The Sovereign, Shilling, Pound, Penny and the Farthing were all a part of the now redundant British Imperial currency.
A farthing is 1/960 pound Sterling. So there are 960 Farthings in a British Pound, At least according to Wikipedia : ) A Farthing is a former British coin that was abolished in 1960. A Farthing is old English for a quarter, in this case a quarter of a penny. £1 = 4 x 12 x 20 Farthings = 960 Farthings.
None. There were four Farthings in a Penny. A Farthing was one quarter of a Penny.
Quid (Pound), Pence and Farthing are all denominations from the British predecimal currency system. The Pound in any amount, was known as a "Quid" (One Quid, Ten Quid, a Thousand Quid). The term "Quid" was used in many countries using the Pound as their currency as a slang term for the Pound. There were 240 Pence in a Pound. Pence is the plural of Penny (One Penny, Two Pence). A Farthing was a quarter of a Penny. The Farthing is the only denomination of the three that did survive into decimal currency.
The Shilling has always been 1/20th of a British Pound.
The currency of Britain in 1914 was the (predecimal) British Pound Sterling in which one pound (£1) was equal to 20 shillings (20/-) and each shilling was equal to 12 pennies (12d), so one pound was equal to 240 pennies.
Under the now-obsolete £sd (or "Pounds - Shillings - Pence") monetary system in Britain, there were 12 pennies (or "pence") to the shilling and 20 shillings to the pound. A penny was thus 1/240th of a pound. In turn, there were 4 farthings to the penny. Thus, a farthing was worth 1/960th of a pound. The pound is worth (as of May 5, 2011) US$1.65 - the face value of a farthing (if it still circulated) would thus be about 1/5th of a US cent. As a point of information, although the British pound went decimal (100 new pence to the pound) in 1968, the last farthing had been minted in 1956. From a metal standpoint, post-1837 farthings probably contains (at current prices) about 2-3 cents of copper. From a numismatic standpoint, the value would depend on the date and condition of the coin - it could range from a few cents to a few thousand dollars.
King George III appeared on all British coins from 1761 to 1820. Coins included the - Gold Five Guinea, Two Guinea, Guinea, Half-Guinea, Third-Guinea, Quarter-Guinea, Five Pound, Two Pound, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign. Silver Shilling, Sixpence, Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence and Penny. Copper Twopence, Penny, Halfpenny and Farthing.
shilling, groat, florin, crown, half crown
Until 1971 each Pound sterling (£) was divided into 20 shillings and each shilling was divided into 12 pence (pennies). We also had a halfpenny and (until the mid 1950s) a farthing (quarter penny).
No! A penny is a hundred of a pound. Penny, plural is pennies or penny.
shilling 1/20 of a pound 12 pence = 1 shilling 240 pence = 1 pound