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[[Image:Great Britain 1937 3 pence obv Heritage 3010-21239.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3010, lot 21239]] | [[Image:Great Britain 1937 3 pence obv Heritage 3010-21239.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3010, lot 21239]] | ||
[[Image:Great Britain 1937 3 pence rev Heritage 3010-21239.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]] | [[Image:Great Britain 1937 3 pence rev Heritage 3010-21239.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]] | ||
| + | [[Image:GB 1937 3 pence obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection]] | ||
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| − | + | The first specimen was lot 21239 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $920. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "George VI Matte Proof Silver Threepence 1937, Matte PF62 NGC, slight surface disturbances but nearly as struck and "of highest rarity" in this Matte state." First appearance in our auctions!" This silver threepence struck 1937-44 concurrently with the brass threepences ([[Great Britain 1937 3 pence KM-849|KM 849]]). Threepences are still struck for the Maundy sets but use a different reverse than that shown here. | |
''Recorded mintage:'' 8,148,000 plus 26,000 proofs plus a few matte proofs. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 8,148,000 plus 26,000 proofs plus a few matte proofs. | ||
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| − | [[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3010]] | + | [[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3010]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]] |
Latest revision as of 09:00, 9 July 2026
The first specimen was lot 21239 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $920. The catalog description[1] noted, "George VI Matte Proof Silver Threepence 1937, Matte PF62 NGC, slight surface disturbances but nearly as struck and "of highest rarity" in this Matte state." First appearance in our auctions!" This silver threepence struck 1937-44 concurrently with the brass threepences (KM 849). Threepences are still struck for the Maundy sets but use a different reverse than that shown here.
Recorded mintage: 8,148,000 plus 26,000 proofs plus a few matte proofs.
Specification: 1.41 g, 0.500 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S.4085, KM 848.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.
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- 1937 farthing
- 1937 penny
- 1937 half penny
- 1937 pattern threepence, Edward VIII
- 1937 brass 3 pence
- New Zealand 1937 3 pence
- 1937 shilling, Scottish reverse
- 1937 2 shillings
- 1937 ½ crown
- 1937 crown
- 1937 half sovereign
- 1937 sovereign
- 1937 2 pounds
- 1937 5 pounds
- 1937 pattern 5 pounds, Edward VIII
- 1944 silver threepence
- Coins and currency dated 1937
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