Great Britain 1909 4 pence

Stack's Bowers 2020 ANA sale, part of lot 22742

This specimen was part of lot 22742 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Las Vegas, August 2020), where it sold for $204. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Maundy Set, Pence to 4 Pence (4 Pieces), 1909. Average Grade: UNCIRCULATED. Set is lustrous and richly toned. Sold with original display case." Maundy sets reached a peak of popularity in Edward's reign and were minted in considerable numbers. By 1909, the novelty had worn off and the sales were down; still, this set is not rare. The threepence was the only coin of the four that still circulated.

Recorded mintage: 2,468.

Specification: 1.89 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 797.2, set: S-3985; KM-MDS166.

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.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• 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 August 2020 ANA Auction: World Coins, featuring the Duke of Lansing Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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• 1909 penny
• 1909 Maundy penny
• 1909 Maundy tuppence
• 1909 Maundy threepence
• 1909 sixpence
• 1909 florin
• 1909 half crown
• 1909 half sovereign
• 1909 sovereign
• Coins and currency dated 1909