England (1551-53) 3 pence S-2485
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This specimen was lot 75372 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $1,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 3 Pence, ND (1551-53). London Mint; mm: Tun. Edward VI. PCGS VF-35. Obverse: Crowned facing bust; Reverse: Long cross fourchee. From the Richard August Collection." This type was also struck at York. The "y" mintmark known on the sixpence and shilling is not known on the threepence.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11 oz 3 dwt fine silver.
Catalog reference: S-2485; N-1940.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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