Great Britain 1954 3 pence
This specimen was lot 40584 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $2,280. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 3 Pence, 1954. London Mint. PCGS PROOF-66 Cameo Gold Shield. Dodecagonal shaped. This VERY RARE proof striking presents brilliant brassy surfaces with a subtle olive haze in spots, all while standing as the only such example of the date seen by PCGS as a proof." 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: 41,720,000 + proofs.
Specification: nickel brass.
Catalog reference: S-4153; KM-900.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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