Great Britain 1870 2 pence

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This silver two pence or "tuppence" was struck during the reign of Victoria, queen of Britain 1837-1901. The type was struck 1838-1887 for the Maundy sets. The only dates struck for circulation are 1838, 1843 and 1848 and were exported to various British colonies. As most Maundy sets were carefully preserved by their recipients, Maundy coins are today much more available than the low mintage would indicate.

Recorded mintage: 5,347 struck for Maundy sets.

Specification: 0.94 g, 0.925 fine silver, .028 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 729.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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.
• 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.

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• 1867 tuppence (halfgroat)
• 1870 half penny
• 1870 penny
• 1870 1½ pence
• 1870 threepence
• 1870 shilling
• 1870 florin
• 1870 half sovereign
• 1870 sovereign
• 1885 Maundy tuppence
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