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Austrailian 1951 Silver Threepence

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 Posted 01/12/2010  07:19 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add smithersjones to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Here I have an Austrailian silver (in colour) threepence dated 1951.
What grade would you put on this coin and an approximate value please?
On the front underneath the bust are the intials, MP or HP?
On the rear within the 4 corners of the scroll are the letters K-P-G-L

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 Posted 01/12/2010  09:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'd grade it at gVF, perhaps EF. The latest "Maccas Guide" to Australian coins puts it at AU$2 in EF. Yes, it is made of silver (.500 fine); all Australian predecimal "silver" coins are actually made of silver.

"KG" are the initials of British coin designer George Kruger Gray; his initials also appear on British and other Imperial coinage designed in the 1950's. These initials appear on all our "wheatsheaf" threepences.

"PL" is the mintmark used on Australian coins from the early 1950's that were struck in London. "PL" derives from the the Latin "pecunia londinium" (money of London) and the "PLON" mintmark used on ancient Roman coins struck in that city.
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WoW Sap, you are a wealth of information mate.
Thanks for all that, so they are actually silver thats very interesting to know.
cheers mate!
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