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''Recorded mintage'': 2,800,000 plus proofs. | ''Recorded mintage'': 2,800,000 plus proofs. | ||
| − | '' | + | ''Specification'': 1.41 g, tin-brass (79%Cu-20%Zn-1%Sn), 16.3 mm diameter. |
''Catalog reference'': KM-10b. | ''Catalog reference'': KM-10b. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': | ''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': | ||
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. | * Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. | ||
| − | * <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025. | + | * <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025. |
''Link to:'' | ''Link to:'' | ||
* [[British West Africa 1928 3 pence|1928 threepence]] | * [[British West Africa 1928 3 pence|1928 threepence]] | ||
| + | * [[Ireland 1933 3 pence]] | ||
| + | * [[New Zealand 1933 3 pence]] | ||
| + | * [[South Africa 1933 3 pence]] | ||
* [[British West Africa 1934 3 pence|1934 threepence]] | * [[British West Africa 1934 3 pence|1934 threepence]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1933]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1933]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2025 Collectors Choice sale]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:22, 9 October 2025
This specimen was lot 74377 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH WEST AFRICA. 3 Pence, 1933. George V. PCGS MS-65." This type was struck 1920, 1925-28, 1933-36 in substantial numbers and is scarce only in top condition. British West Africa was a currency union of Nigeria, the Gold Coast (now Ghana), Sierra Leone and the Gambia, in effect 1912-65.
Recorded mintage: 2,800,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 1.41 g, tin-brass (79%Cu-20%Zn-1%Sn), 16.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-10b.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction: Ancient & World Coins, featuring selections from the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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