Great Britain 1844 4 pence KM-731.1
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This specimen was lot 56783 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 4 Pence (Groat), 1844. London Mint. Victoria. NGC MS-65." This fourpence or groat was struck for circulation in Great Britain and British Guiana 1838-55. The Maundy fourpence (KM 732) used the same obverse but a different reverse and was struck 1838-87. The groat was an important coin in late medieval times but was displaced by the sixpence during the reign of Elizabeth I.
Recorded mintage: 855,000.
Specification: 1.88 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: S-3913; KM-731.1.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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