Great Britain 1906 4 pence

Goldberg sale 117, lot 2584

This specimen was lot 2584 in Goldberg sale 117 (Los Angeles, September 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Maundy Fourpence, 1906. Edward VII. Exceptionally nice. Brilliant mint state with mauve and aquamarine toning over mirror surfaces. Choice Uncirculated." The Maundy sets, originally a set of silver one, two, three and fourpence given to the poor, were a fusty tradition by the reign of Edward VII. Only the threepence still matched a coin used in circulation. The sets swiftly passed into the hands of collectors and saved, making them common today.

Recorded mintage: 11,000.

Specification: 1.89 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-3986; KM 798.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 117: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.

Link to:

• 1902 Maundy groat
• 1906 penny
• 1906 threepence
• 1906 sixpence
• 1906 shilling
• 1906 florin (2 shillings)
• 1906 half crown
• 1906 half sovereign
• 1906 sovereign
• 1908 Maundy groat
• Coins and currency dated 1906