Great Britain 1922 3 pence

Goldberg sale 116, lot 1611

This specimen was lot 1611 in Goldberg sale 116 (Los Angeles, June 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Threepence, 1922. George V. A key date. Uncirculated." The threepence, along with all the silver denominations, suffered a debasement from 0.925 to 0.500 fine silver in 1920. No circulation strikes were made in 1923 or 1924 altho Maundy sets were issued. Production resumed in 1925 and the bust was reduced in size in 1926 (KM 827) and a new reverse was introduced in 1927 (KM 831). The silver threepence was last struck for circulation in 1944.

Recorded mintage: 7,981,000 + 1,373 for the Maundy sets.

Specification: 1.41 g, 0.500 fine silver, 16.1 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S.4026; KM-813a.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 116: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.

Link to:

• 1919 threepence
• 1922 farthing
• 1922 penny
• Australia 1922 3 pence
• 1922 sixpence
• 1922 florin (2 shillings)
• 1923 Maundy threepence
• Coins and currency dated 1922