Great Britain 1919 3 pence

formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection

The silver three pence was struck in this fineness 1911-20, when it was debased to 0.500 fine. All dates are common.

Recorded mintage: 16,846,000 plus 1,258 for the Maundy sets.

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

Catalog reference: KM-813.

Sources:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.

Link to:

• 1917 threepence
• 1919 penny
• 1919-H penny
• 1919-KN penny
• Australia 1919-M 3 pence
• 1919 half crown
• 1922 threepence
• Coins and currency dated 1919
• return to coins of Great Britain