Farthing (British coin) Farthing (British coin) The British farthing (d) coin, from "fourthing", was a unit of currency of one quarter of a penny, or of a pound sterling. It was minted in bronze, and replaced the earlier copper farthings. It was used during the reign of six monarchs: Victoria, Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George VI and Elizabeth II, ceasing to be legal tender in 1960. It featured two different designs on its reverse during its 100 years in circulation: from 1860 until 1936, the image of Britannia; and from 1937 onwards, the image of a wren. Like all British coinage,
George Mason VI the Mason family to inhabit Gunston Hall. She was later the subject of a lawsuit brought against her by George Mason of Hollin Hall which resulted in the Gunston Hall tract being sold at public auction to her son, from her second husband Colonel George Graham (d. 1830), George Mason Graham on 9 February 1842. Eleanor was given the right to live there for her lifetime. She and Graham sold the property in 1866. George Mason VI was a grandson of George Mason (1725–1792); son of George Mason V (1753–1796); brother of Richard Barnes Mason (1797–1850); grandnephew of Thomson Mason