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| − | This specimen was part of lot 43183 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $192. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Pence to 4 Pence Maundy Set (4 Pieces), 1965. All CHOICE UNCIRCULATED. Fully lustrous with attractive toning, which generally darkens with the higher denominations. Ex: B. A. Seaby, Ltd." 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, | + | This specimen was part of lot 43183 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $192. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Pence to 4 Pence Maundy Set (4 Pieces), 1965. All CHOICE UNCIRCULATED. Fully lustrous with attractive toning, which generally darkens with the higher denominations. Ex: B. A. Seaby, Ltd." 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, halfgroats, threepence and groats were circulating coins but are now long since obsolete. Silver pennies have not been struck for circulation since the reign of George III. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 1,221. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 1,221. | ||
| − | ''Specification:'' 1.89 g, .925 fine silver, 18 mm diameter. | + | ''Specification:'' 1.89 g, 0.925 fine silver, 18 mm diameter. |
''Catalog reference:'' KM 902, S-4131; KM-MDS224 (set). | ''Catalog reference:'' KM 902, S-4131; KM-MDS224 (set). | ||
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* [[Great Britain 1957 4 pence|1957 Maundy fourpence]] | * [[Great Britain 1957 4 pence|1957 Maundy fourpence]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1964 6 pence|1964 sixpence]] | * [[Great Britain 1964 6 pence|1964 sixpence]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1965 half penny|1965 half penny]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1965 penny KM-898|1965 Maundy penny]] | * [[Great Britain 1965 penny KM-898|1965 Maundy penny]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1965 2 pence|1965 Maundy tuppence]] | * [[Great Britain 1965 2 pence|1965 Maundy tuppence]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1965 3 pence KM-901|1965 Maundy threepence]] | * [[Great Britain 1965 3 pence KM-901|1965 Maundy threepence]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1965 crown|1965 crown, death of Churchill]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1965 sovereign|1965 sovereign]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1965]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1965]] | ||
* return to coins of [[Great Britain]] | * return to coins of [[Great Britain]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2019 NYINC sale]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2019 NYINC sale]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:32, 1 December 2024
This specimen was part of lot 43183 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2019), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Pence to 4 Pence Maundy Set (4 Pieces), 1965. All CHOICE UNCIRCULATED. Fully lustrous with attractive toning, which generally darkens with the higher denominations. Ex: B. A. Seaby, Ltd." 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, halfgroats, threepence and groats were circulating coins but are now long since obsolete. Silver pennies have not been struck for circulation since the reign of George III.
Recorded mintage: 1,221.
Specification: 1.89 g, 0.925 fine silver, 18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 902, S-4131; KM-MDS224 (set).
- 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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