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Latest revision as of 16:09, 14 February 2025
This specimen was part of lot 74074 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), which sold for $1,560. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Maundy Set (4 Pieces), 1869. London Mint. Victoria. All PCGS Certified. 1) 4 Pence. PCGS PROOFLIKE-66. 2) 3 Pence. PCGS PROOFLIKE-66. 3) 2 Pence. PCGS PROOFLIKE-65. 4) Penny. PCGS PROOFLIKE-67+. This stunning members of the Maundy set all display profound toning of cobalt, violet, and mauve. About as lovely as these popular sets come." This type, KM 727, was struck 1838-87 for Maundy sets only tho this date is common.
Recorded mintage: 7,920.
Specification: 0.47 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 727, S-3916; Maundy set: S-3917; KM-MDS121.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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