Green’s Dictionary of Slang

quartereen n.

a farthing.

1859, 1860		Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
1861		(con. 1840s–50s) H. Mayhew London Labour and London Poor III 49/2: We never leave off while there’s a major solden (that’s a halfpenny), or even a quartereen (that’s a farden), to be made.
1873		Sl. Dict.
1937		Nott. Eve. Post 30 Apr. 6/3: Now we come to the humble farthing [...] it was soon turned into rhyming slang into ‘Covent Garden’. Other names are ‘quartareen’ [...] ‘fadge,’ ‘grig,’ and ‘fiddler’.
2019		P. Baker Fabulosa 296/2: quartereen a farthing .
2023		R. Milward Man-Eating Typewriter 92: The soldi-quartereen, or penny-farthing.