Australia 1956 3 pence - Revision history

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Text replacement - "* McDonald, Greg, ''The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed.,'' Lavington, Australia, 2017. " to "* McDonald, Greg, ''The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed.,'' Lavington, Australia, 2017. ♪ * Pitt, Michael, ''Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 32nd Edition,'' Matraville, New South Wales, Australia: Renniks Publications, 2023. "

LatinKing2020: Text replacement - "* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. * McDonald, Greg, ''The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed.,'' Lavington, Australia, 2017." to "* McDonald, Greg, ''The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed.,'' Lavington, Australia, 2017. * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Kra...

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Text replacement - "* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. * McDonald, Greg, ''The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed.,'' Lavington, Australia, 2017." to "* McDonald, Greg, ''The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed.,'' Lavington, Australia, 2017. * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Kra...

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[[Image:Australia H3064-30380c.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3064, part of lot 30380]]
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This specimen was part of lot 30380 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), which sold for $960. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Elizabeth II 5-Piece Certified Proof Set 1956, 1) Penny - PR64 Red and Brown NGC; 2) 3 Pence - PR67 NGC; 3) 6 Pence - PR67 NGC, KM58; 4) Shilling - PR66 NGC, KM59; 5) Florin - PR66 NGC, KM60; A highly lustrous and pleasing group, mostly in the gem range save for the penny, which is about as close as one can get. An excellent group, with a mintage of just 1,500 sets." Australia debased the threepence from sterling to .500 fine in 1947. This type was minted only at Melbourne 1955-64 and is common, tho the proofs are rare.

''Recorded mintage:'' 14,088,000 plus 1,500 proofs.

''Specification:'' 1.41 g, .500 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM 57.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* McDonald, Greg, ''The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed.,'' Lavington, Australia, 2017.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, ''Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

''Link to:''
* [[Australia 1955 3 pence|1955 threepence]]
* [[Australia 1956(p) penny|1956(p) penny]]
* [[Australia 1956(m) penny|1956(m) penny]]
* [[Australia 1956 6 pence|1956 sixpence]]
* [[Australia 1956 shilling|1956 shilling]]
* [[Australia 1956 florin|1956 florin]]
* [[Australia 1957(p) penny|1957(p) penny]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1956]]
* return to coins of [[Australia]]

[[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3064]]

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 ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
-* McDonald, Greg, ''The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed.,'' Lavington, Australia, 2017. ♪
+* McDonald, Greg, ''The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed.,'' Lavington, Australia, 2017.
 * Pitt, Michael, ''Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 32nd Edition,'' Matraville, New South Wales, Australia: Renniks Publications, 2023.
 * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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 [[Image:Australia H3064-30380d.jpg|300px|thumb]]
-This specimen was part of lot 30380 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), which sold for $960. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Elizabeth II 5-Piece Certified Proof Set 1956, 1) Penny - PR64 Red and Brown NGC; 2) 3 Pence - PR67 NGC; 3) 6 Pence - PR67 NGC, KM58; 4) Shilling - PR66 NGC, KM59; 5) Florin - PR66 NGC, KM60; A highly lustrous and pleasing group, mostly in the gem range save for the penny, which is about as close as one can get. An excellent group, with a mintage of just 1,500 sets." Australia debased the threepence from sterling to .500 fine in 1947. This type was minted only at Melbourne 1955-64 and is common, tho the proofs are rare.
+This specimen was part of lot 30380 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), which sold for $960. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Elizabeth II 5-Piece Certified Proof Set 1956, 1) Penny - PR64 Red and Brown NGC; 2) 3 Pence - PR67 NGC; 3) 6 Pence - PR67 NGC, KM58; 4) Shilling - PR66 NGC, KM59; 5) Florin - PR66 NGC, KM60; A highly lustrous and pleasing group, mostly in the gem range save for the penny, which is about as close as one can get. An excellent group, with a mintage of just 1,500 sets." Australia debased the threepence from sterling to 0.500 fine in 1947. This type was minted only at Melbourne 1955-64 and is common, tho the proofs are rare.
 ''Recorded mintage:'' 14,088,000 plus 1,500 proofs.
-''Specification:'' 1.41 g, .500 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.
+''Specification:'' 1.41 g, 0.500 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.
 ''Catalog reference:'' KM 57.