Great Britain 1885 4 pence

Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7285

This specimen was lot 7285 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $100. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Maundy 4 Pence, 1885. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS PROOFLIKE-64. A boldly struck coin with frosty devices and strongly dark gray toned surfaces." This type, KM 732, was struck 1838-87 for Maundy sets only. A groat was struck for circulation 1838-55 but used a different reverse. Maundy sets were extensively saved and are common today despite the low mintage.

Recorded mintage: 5,791.

Specification: 1.88 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-732.

Source:

• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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