Great Britain 1862 3 pence

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Goldberg sale 116, lot 1553
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This specimen was lot 1553 in Goldberg sale 116 (Los Angeles, June 2020), where it sold for $252. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Silver Threepence, 1862. Victoria. Deeply toned uncirculated and scarce thus. Choice Uncirculated." This type was sturck 1838-87 for circulation and the Maundy sets.

Recorded mintage: 1,161,000 + 4,488 for the Maundy sets.

Specification: 1.41 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S.3914A; KM-730.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
  • 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 116: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.

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