Great Britain 1907 3 pence

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Goldberg sale 84, part of lot 4369
photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was part of lot 4369 in Goldberg sale 84 (Los Angeles, January 2015), which for $293.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Maundy Set, 1907. Edward VII. Gem mint state with magnificently matched multi-hue toning. Maundy sets in this grade are just not available any more. Lot of 4 coins. NGC graded Penny, Twopence and Fourpence, MS-65, Threepence NGC graded MS-66, All four coins." This type was struck 1902-10 in substantial numbers.

Recorded mintage: 4,841,000 plus 11,000 prooflike specimens.

Specification: 1.41 g, 0.925 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S.3985; ESC-2523; KM-MDS-164 (Maundy set); KM 797.2.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 84: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.

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