Great Britain 1901 3 pence
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This specimen was lot 71196 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 3 Pence, 1901. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS MS-65+. Fully lustrous surfaces with beautiful toning of blues and oranges throughout. A superior Gem example that is sure to catch attention in the next collection it enters." This sixpence, roughly equal to a half dime, was struck 1893-1901 and is common in all grades. Most of the high grade survivors were taken from Maundy sets.
Recorded mintage: 6,100,000 plus 8,976 for the Maundy sets.
Specification: 1.41 g, 0.925 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-3942; KM 777.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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