Great Britain 1917 3 pence

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Stack's Bowers May 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75135
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This specimen was lot 75135 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Maundy 3 Pence, 1917. London Mint. George V. PCGS MS-66." The silver three pence was struck in this fineness until 1920, when it was debased to 0.500 fine. This is a common date altho the Maundy issue is slightly scarce.

Recorded mintage: 21,664,000 plus 1,237 for the Maundy sets.

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

Catalog reference: S-4018; KM-813.

Sources:

  • 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, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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