1942 AD., Great Britain, George VI, Royal mint, Farthing, KM 843.

Great Britain, George VI, Royal mint, engravers: Thomas Humphrey Paget (obverse) and Harold Wilson Parker (reverse), 1942 AD.,
Farthing (20 mm / 2,86 g), bronze, 2,80 g theor. mint weight, mintage 28.858.000 , medal alignment ↑↑, smooth edge, varnished,
Obv.: GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP. , his bare head facing left, initials HP below truncation.
Rev.: 1943 / FARTHING , a Wren standing left, HWP -monogram to right below bird.
KM 843 ; Spink 4116 ; Peck 2469 ; Freeman 640 .

Year / Mintage
1937 / 4 / Matte Proof
1937 8,131,000
1937 26,000 Proof
1938 Proof
1938 7,450,000
1939 Proof
1939 31,440,000
1940 Proof
1940 18,360,000
1941 Proof
1941 27,312,000
1942 Proof
1942 28,858,000
1943 Proof
1943 33,345,999
1944 25,138,000
1944 Proof
1945 23,736,000
1945 Proof
1946 24,365,000
1946 Proof
1947 14,746,000
1947 Proof
1948 16,622,000
1948 Proof

A farthing (derived from the Anglo-Saxon feorthing, a fourthling or fourth part) was a coin of England, Great Britain, and finally of the United Kingdom, worth one quarter of a penny, 1/960th of a pound sterling. Such coins were first minted in England in the 13th century, and continued to be used until 31 December 1960, when they ceased to be legal tender.
Early farthings were silver, but surviving examples are rare. The first copper farthings were issued during the reign of King James I and VI, who gave a licence for minting to John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton. Licences were subsequently given out until after the Commonwealth, when the Royal Mint resumed production in 1672.