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 Posted 04/04/2012  4:55 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add BuffaloNuts to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi! I recently found this in my late grandparents small stash of world coins... I assume it is Canadian, but can't cant seem to find any 3 cent Canadian coins. Does anyone know if it has much value, or where I can find out more about it?

Thanks!

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British 3 pence...Here is a little info from online on these coins:

"Victorian threepences were produced both for maundy use and for normal circulation in all years between 1838 and 1901 except 1847, 1848, and 1852 (probably because of the possible advent of a decimal currency at the time (see florin), when the 3d at 1/80th of a pound would not have fitted within a decimal system. Currency silver threepences from 1838 to 1926 were of identical design and cannot usually be distinguished except in the best conditions when the higher striking standard of the maundy coins stand out; this resulted in the curious legal anomaly that when the currency was decimalised in 1971 all silver threepences from 1870 onwards were revalued at three new pence, not just the maundy coins. Threepences were produced with both the "young head" (1838--1887) and "Jubilee head" (1887--1893), inscribed VICTORIA D G BRITANNIAR REGINA F D, while those produced with the "old head" (1893--1901) are inscribed VICTORIA DEI GRA BRITT REGINA FID DEF IND IMP."



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Here is a link to a decent on line UK coin guide. It is silver; has bullion value.

Values are in British pounds

http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/values/three.html

you could also use NGC's on line coin guide.
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Thanks for the help! I apparently have the Jubilee Head 3 pence, actually the most valuable of the lot...

Thanks for the resources, I now have them bookmarked.
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wow that'S a nice find
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That's a 3 pence from a British Maundy set, I believe
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where you find it?
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currency 3 pence of no particular value as it is not collectible grade in British Standards
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