Great Britain 1957 3 pence KM-901

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from Stack's Bowers 2019 NYINC sale, part of lot 43180
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was part of lot 43180 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), which sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Pence to 4 Pence Maundy Set (4 Pieces), 1957. All CHOICE UNCIRCULATED. Lustrous and darkly toned with specks of charcoal color, a well matched set." Since medieval times, the monarch or her representative has handed out Maundy sets to the poor on Maundy Thursday. When the tradition began, silver pennies, tuppence, threepence and groats were circulating coins but are now long since obsolete. In the fifties, threepence were also struck in nickel-brass for circulation (KM 900).

Recorded mintage: 1,094.

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

Catalog reference: KM 901, S-4131; KM-MDS216 (set).

Source:

  • Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, Matt Orsini and Cris Chatigny, The January 2019 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.

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