Great Britain 1953 3 pence KM-886

from the Stack's Bowers Collector's June 2022 Choice sale, lot 71329

This specimen was lot 71329 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 3 Pence, 1953. London Mint. Elizabeth II. PCGS PROOF-66. Blazingly brilliant and brassy, this Superb Gem entertains the eye and exudes tremendous beauty on each side." Altho 40,000 proof sets were made and sold in 1953, the proofs of the rest of the decade are all rare. The threepence was converted from silver to brass in 1937. The obverse legend was revised in 1954 to drop "BRITT:OMN:" and the circulation threepence was terminated in 1970. Silver threepence are still struck for the Maundy sets.

Recorded mintage: 30,618,000 plus 40,000 proofs.

Specification: nickel-brass.

Catalog reference: S-4152; KM 886.

Source:

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.
Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
^[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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