Difference between revisions of "Great Britain 1892 4 pence"
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* [[Great Britain 1892 crown|1892 crown]] | * [[Great Britain 1892 crown|1892 crown]] | ||
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* [[Great Britain 1893 3 pence KM-758|1893 threepence, Jubilee head]] | * [[Great Britain 1893 3 pence KM-758|1893 threepence, Jubilee head]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1892]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1892]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:14, 5 August 2024
This specimen was part of lot 70824 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), which for $576. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Maundy Set (4 Pieces), 1892. London Mint. Victoria. All PCGS Gold Shield Certified. 1) 4 Pence. PCGS PROOFLIKE-67 Gold Shield. 2) 3 Pence. PCGS PROOFLIKE-67+ Gold Shield. S-3934. 3) 2 Pence. PCGS PROOFLIKE-67 Gold Shield. S-3935. 4) Pence. PCGS PROOFLIKE-67 Gold Shield. S-3936. A stunning late Victorian set, attractively toned and preserved exceptionally well. Altogether, an item that would be difficult to replace." The fourpence or groat was obsolete by Victoria's reign but continued to appear in the annual Maundy sets. This design was used 1888-92.
Recorded mintage: 8,524.
Specification: 1.88 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: S-3933; KM-773. The set: S-3932; KM-MDS148.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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