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Half farthing (British coin) — The half farthing British coin (Fraction|1|8 of a penny, Fraction|1|1920 of a pound) was produced in various years between 1828 and 1856 (although proof coins were anomalously produced in 1868). The coin was initially produced in 1828 for use in… … Wikipedia
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Farthing (British coin) — A farthing (meaning fourth part ) was a British coin worth one quarter of a penny and 1/960 of a pound sterling, slightly over a mill division in other currencies. Such coins were first minted in England in the 13th century, and continued to be… … Wikipedia
Farthing (novel) — Infobox Book | name = Farthing image caption = Tor Books hardcover author = Jo Walton illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Small Change genre = Alternate history novel publisher = Tor Books pub date = 8 … Wikipedia
farthing — Synonyms and related words: a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, ace, atom, bagatelle, bauble, bawbee, bean, bibelot, bit, brass farthing, button, cent, crown, curio, dab, dole, dollar, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, dwarf, farce,… … Moby Thesaurus
Half a Crown (novel) — Infobox Book | name = Half a Crown image caption = author = Jo Walton illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = Small Change genre = Alternate history novel publisher = Tor Books pub date = August 2008 media … Wikipedia
Penny-farthing — For other uses, see Penny farthing (disambiguation). A penny farthing photographed in the Škoda Auto Museum in the Czech Republic … Wikipedia
The Animals of Farthing Wood — infobox Book | name = The Animals of Farthing Wood title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of 2006 paperback edition author = Colin Dann illustrator = Jacqueline Tettmar cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series =… … Wikipedia
Pitch farthing — Pitch Pitch, n. 1. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits. [1913 Webster] {Pitch and toss}, a game played by tossing up a coin, and calling Heads or tails; hence: {To play pitch and toss with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The Animals of Farthing Wood (book series) — The Animals of Farthing Wood is a series of eight books written by British author Colin Dann. The books tell the story of a group of woodland animals whose home has been paved over by developers. They learn of a nature reserve, White Deer Park,… … Wikipedia
