“Harrington” farthings, which were struck under contract. From 1649, copper tokens, mainly of farthing value, were produced in large numbers by many municipalities and private traders. The coinage of the Commonwealth (1649–60) is remarkable for the simplicity of its types, and this is the ...
Edward IV distinguished his noble by a rose on the ship (rose noble, or ryal) and raised its value to 10 shillings, while a new gold coin, the angel, was introduced to replace the old value of the noble; the penny was reduced to 12 grains. The angel is so called from its type ...
the first full cargo of human freight, the prince gave away the fifty-six which fell to his share as one-fifth, although it is recorded with the somewhat grotesque piety of the fifteenth century that “he reflected with great pleasure on the salvation of their souls that before were lost....
Nobody could make anything either of Nicholas or his pictures; and some even went so far as to say that his invaluable book was not worth a farthing. This was not to be borne; and Nicholas resolved to discover the great secret by himself, without troubling the philosophers. He found on ...
In 1692 he failed in business; but, in no long time after, he paid every one of his creditors to the uttermost farthing. Through all his labours and misfortunes he was always a hard and careful reader,—an omnivorous reader, too, for he was in the habit of reading almost every book ...
An educational and entertaining website where collectors, both young and not so young, can read about the economics, history and politics behind Irish coin and banknote issues.
Reader Comments: Last week TMQ excoriated the pre-1993 NFL retirees who complain nonstop about the football pensions funded for them by younger players, when the pre-1993 players themselves never negotiated for pensions nor offered a single farthing to players who came before they did. Rob Anders...