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* [[Great Britain 1869 sovereign|1869 sovereign]] | * [[Great Britain 1869 sovereign|1869 sovereign]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1870 3 pence|1870 threepence]] | * [[Great Britain 1870 3 pence|1870 threepence]] | ||
| + | * [[Great Britain 1879 4 pence|1879 Maundy 4 pence (groat)]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1869]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1869]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:17, 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 groat was struck 1838-87 for Maundy sets. A few dates were struck for circulation in various colonies but the denomination was obsolete in England proper.
Recorded mintage: 4,158.
Specification: 1.88 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM 732, 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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