Great Britain 1710 3 pence
This specimen was part of lot 33310 in Heritage sale 3042 (Long Beach, September 2015), which sold for $940. The catalog description[1] noted, "Anne Four Coin Maundy Set 1710 XF/AU. This is a well matched set exhibiting minimal toning and maintaining strong original luster. Seldom offered in any grade, most illustrious this choice." Silver threepence of Anne were struck for circulation and Maundy sets 1703-13. No copper halfpennies were struck during Anne's reign and farthings are famously rare, being featured in murder mysteries. It survived as a circulating coin into the reign of George VI.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.50 g, 0.925 fine silver, 17 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM 514, S-3599, KM-MDS39 (set).
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- 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.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3042, featuring the Read and Bob Bennett Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2015.
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