1929 AD., Great Britain, George V, Farthing, KM 825.

Great Britain, George V, engraver: Edgar Bertram MacKennal (obverse), 1929 AD.,
Farthing (20 mm / 2,83 g), bronze (composition changed (in 1923) to .955 copper, .030 tin, .015 zinc), 2,82 theor. mint weight, mintage 8.419.000 , medal alignment ↑↑, plain edge,
Obv.: GEORGIUS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP: / B M , (George V by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India) , king George's head facing left. Bare smaller head of George V left, truncated below the neck. On the truncation B M (Sir Bertram Mackennal) near the back of the neck. Toothed border and narrow, raised rim. Light finish.
Rev.: FAR-TH-ING / 1929 , Britannia seated right, holding a trident in left hand, shield in right, denomination above, year below, sea behind. Britannia, helmeted and wearing long robes, seated on a rock facing right. Her left hand is raised and grasps a plain trident just below the prongs. Her right hand rests on the upper left edge of a large oval shield bearing the crosses of St George and St Andrew (the Union Flag). On the right side, the horizon intersects Britannia exactly where her legs cross. More curve has been added to the waves at her feet. Smaller right hand with the thumb higher on the shield than those before 1926. Drapery altered, most noticeably in the area below her arm. Date in exergue. Toothed border with a narrow, raised rim.
KM 825 ; Spink 4061 ; Peck 2344 ; Freeman 611 .

Year ---- Mintage
1926 9,792,000
1927 7,868,000
1928 11,626,000
1929 8,419,000
1930 4,195,000
1931 6,595,000
1932 9,293,000
1933 4,560,000
1934 3,053,000
1935 2,227,000
1936 9,734,000
(plus Proof issues for each year)

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.