Using the 1877 Farthing for Re-coinage of the 1881 Penny
| The 1877 One Forty-Eighth of a Shilling |
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In 1881 thirteen boxes containing £260 worth of the 1877 farthings
were returned to the Royal Mint and recoined into these pieces under the Treasury authority of 23rd February, 1881.
The following documents are taken from the British Public Records Office Records MINT 12/4
(Correspondence concerning the recoinage of Jersey bronze farthings into Jersey bronze pence.)
| The Initial Request of the January 3, 1881 |
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| Further Correspondence between February 3 through 9 |
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| Royal Mint Internal Communications |
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| Title Page |
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| Request for Re-Coinage of £280 (or 14 boxes) farthings |
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| Coinage Cost Estimate |
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| Request for Re-Coinage of £260 (or 13 boxes) farthings |
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| Title Page |
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| Revised Coinage Cost |
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| Final Coinage Cost of the 1881 Issue |
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| Payment of the 1881 Issue |
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| Deliver of the 1881 Issue |
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