Great Britain 1675 3 pence

Goldberg sale 128, lot 1900

This specimen was lot 1900 in Goldberg sale 128 (Los Angeles, June 2022), where it sold for $78. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. 3 Pence, 1675. Charles II. NGC graded About Uncirculated Detail (Cleaned)." All the dated silver threepence of Charles II are of this type, which is common. It was issued 1670-84. Silver threepence were struck until the end of World War One and a few are still struck for the Maundy sets.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.50 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S.3386; ESC-1965, KM 433.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Vera Liu, Goldberg Sale 128: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2022.

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