| WILLIAM & MARY HALFPENNY 1689-1694 |
| There were four different obverses and two different reverses designs issued for the William & Mary farthings. The first three obverses were used on tin coinages and the last on the copper series. The third reverse was use on both tin and copper coins. Tin farthings were issued with copper plugs in the centre. Tin was used to help boost the tin mining industry, and the copper plug was used to discourage forgery. Forgery was however quite prolific, also tin was found to corrode easily and wear easily (tin coins of this are hard to find in conditions of Very Fine and above). Therefore copper farthings were reintroduced in 1694. |
| William & Mary Halfpenny 1689 (Obverse 1, Reverse 1) |
| William & Mary Halfpenny 1689 (Obverse 2, Reverse 1) |
| William & Mary Halfpenny 1690-1692 (Obverse 3, Reverse 2) |
| William & Mary Halfpenny 1694 (Obverse 4, Reverse 2) |
| Courtesy of Geoffrey Cope www.petitioncrown.com |
| Courtesy of Rob Pearce www.rpcoins.co.uk |
| 1689-1692 Tin With Copper Plug, 11 grams, 29mm Diameter. 1694 Copper, 10 grams, 30mm Diameter. |
