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This specimen was lot 74821 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $264. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. Maundy 4 Pence, 1886. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS MS-66. A pristine coin with generous champagne toning throughout, augmented by shades of carmine, russet and cerulean near the periphery. One simply wants to rotate the coin slightly to watch the colors dance." This type was struck 1838-87. Except for a few dates struck for the colonies with a Britannia reverse, the groat had no circulating function and appeared only in the Maundy sets.<br />
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''Recorded mintage:'' 6,785.<br />
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''Specification:'' 1.89 g, 0.925 fine silver, 18 mm diameter.<br />
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''Catalog reference:'' S-3917; KM-732. <br />
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''<br />
* Bressett, Kenneth E., ''A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed.,'' Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.<br />
* Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date,'' London: Coincraft, 1995.<br />
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.<br />
* Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, ''English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 2015.<br />
* Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011.<br />
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.<br />
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''Link to:''<br />
* [[Great Britain 1872 4 pence|1872 4 pence (groat)]]<br />
* [[Great Britain 1886 farthing|1886 farthing]]<br />
* [[Great Britain 1886 half penny|1886 half penny]]<br />
* [[Great Britain 1886 penny|1886 penny]]<br />
* [[Great Britain 1886 penny KM-727|1886 Maundy penny]]<br />
* [[Great Britain 1886 2 pence|1886 tuppence (halfgroat)]]<br />
* [[Great Britain 1886 3 pence|1886 threepence]]<br />
* [[Great Britain 1886 6 pence|1886 sixpence]]<br />
* [[Great Britain 1886 shilling|1886 shilling]]<br />
* [[Great Britain 1886 florin|1886 florin]]<br />
* [[Great Britain 1886 half crown|1886 half crown]]<br />
* [[Great Britain 1886 sovereign|1886 sovereign, shield reverse]]<br />
* [[Coins and currency dated 1886]]<br />
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