3 Pence Hoard 1885 - 1919

[terrysoldpennies]

[VickySilver]

Thanks for the pictures as I was about to share, but covered nicely.  

Back to the OP: some have said that both the 1899 and 1919 dates have a final "9 over 8". I am not at all sure that they are not artifact even though I have purported examples of both. LOL. Might be worth a check but they would not be valuable in any case....

[Peckris 2]

The Geo V reverse ghosting is a fascinating topic. It’s rarely seen on halfcrowns which have a fairly deep and intricate reverse design, but often seen on pennies, halfpennies, sixpences, and shillings,  all of which have a lot of blank space on the reverse designs. The first attempt to eliminate ghosting  was on the ‘shallow portraits’ on 2/6 2/- and 1/- 1920-1926, and pennies 1922-1926, which partly succeeded, but not until the modified effigy 1925-26 was it nearly completely successful.

[Citizen H]

Today I looked back through them that remained of Grandads coins (photo Attached), I recall there was a Topic of the cost of silver... it was mentioned that at the announcement that coins would be Half Silver caused people to hoard solid silver coins pre 1920's .....thinking on this I now think this may have been my Grandfathers thought....as none of the coins are in great condition and no serious though has gone into his hoard... the 3 pence dates were random and 7 x of the same date??!?! yeah he had a Stash / Hoard on the go,  Looking skyward "God Bless you Fella!" I've sifted through and will keep them that are acceptable, the scrap ones can be sold and fund decent examples to fill in gaps....  I think this is the road to be taking.