“The penny piece is now worth less in real terms than either the farthing or the decimal halfpenny when they were withdrawn from circulation.”

“The chances are that quite a bit of the same fish was taken from within the Irish fishing boundary and without a brass farthing to Ireland.”

“The funny thing is that the cable TV company has never realized that the boxing public won't pay a farthing to see Jones do anything.”

“There were farthings, pennies, oxfords, crowns, florins, shillings, guineas, and pounds, among other divisions.”

“Back in 1698, the mill was used to forge copper blacks for the Royal Mint to strike farthings and halfpennies.”

“It has been a difficult struggle for a group which began life without two farthings to rub together.”