View source for Great Britain 1844 4 pence KM-731.1

[[Image:SB124-56783 obv.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 56783]]
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This specimen was lot 56783 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. 4 Pence (Groat), 1844. London Mint. Victoria. NGC MS-65." This fourpence or groat was struck for circulation in [[Great Britain]] and British Guiana 1838-55. The Maundy fourpence (KM 732) used the same obverse but a different reverse and was struck 1838-87. The groat was an important coin in late medieval times but was displaced by the sixpence during the reign of Elizabeth I.

''Recorded mintage:'' 855,000. 

''Specification:'' 1.88 g, 0.925 fine silver. 

''Catalog reference:'' S-3913; KM-731.1.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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, 1801-1900, 9th 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

''Link to:''
* [[Great Britain 1843 4 pence|1843 fourpence (groat), Britannia reverse]]
* [[Great Britain 1844 1/3 farthing|1844 1/3 farthing]]
* [[Great Britain 1844 half farthing|1844 half farthing]]
* [[Great Britain 1844 farthing|1844 farthing]]
* [[Great Britain 1844 half penny|1844 half penny]]
* [[Great Britain 1844 penny|1844 penny]]
* [[Great Britain 1844 6 pence|1844 sixpence]]
* [[Great Britain 1844 shilling|1844 shilling]]
* [[Great Britain 1844 half crown|1844 half crown]]
* [[Great Britain 1844 crown|1844 crown]]
* [[Great Britain 1844 1/2 sovereign|1844 half sovereign]]
* [[Great Britain 1844 sovereign|1844 sovereign]]
* [[Great Britain 1845 4 pence KM-731.1|1845 fourpence (groat), Britannia reverse]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1844]]

[[Category: Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale]]