Great Britain 1772 4 pence
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This specimen was lot 70738 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $50. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Maundy 4 Pence, 1772/0. George III. NGC AU-58. A boldly struck coin with crisp details and dark gray toning throughout." This type was struck intermittently 1763-66, 1770-72, 1776, 1780, 1784-86. Enough were saved that it is today not rare. Unlike the silver penny and tuppence, the groat survived as a circulating coin until the reign of queen Victoria but it was gradually superseded by the sixpence. This overdate obtains a slight premium.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.01 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 596.1, S-3750.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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