- Produced by The Royal Mint.
- Struck in bronze.
- The same coin was first released in 1937, marking the start of the reign for King George VI.
- The reverse of the coin features the design of the Wren bird, facing left, a design created by Harold Wilson Parker.
- The inscription for the denomination of 'FARTHING', the name given to the ¼ Penny coin, is shown below the depiction of the Wren bird on the reverse of the coin.
- The year '1938', is shown around the reverse of the coin, above the depiction of the Wren bird.
- The initials, 'HWP', of the artist Harold Wilson Parker who created the Wren bird design, are displayed in a monogram form on the reverse of the coin.
- The obverse of the coin shows the uncrowned portrait of King George VI, created by Thomas Humphrey Paget OBE.
- The Latin inscription around the obverse of the coin, 'GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP', an abbreviation from 'GEORGIVS VI DEI GRATIA BRITANNIARUM OMNIUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR INDIAE IMPERATOR', translates as 'George the Sixth, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India', in English.
- The initials 'HP', of the artist Thomas Humphrey Paget OBE who created the uncrowned portrait of King George VI, are displayed on the obverse of the coin, below the neck of the portrait.
- Released into general circulation in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
