rare 3 pence...why?

[newgold]

Short question. Can anyone tell me why the 1946 and 1949 threepence coins are supposed to be so rare, uncirculated coins are in the £100 mark

Thanks

[Master Jmd]

they are rare because of their mintage;

1946 = 620734 mintage

1949 = 464000 mintage

where as usually the mintage of them was around 50 million...

[william]

Short question. Can anyone tell me why the 1946 and 1949 threepence coins are supposed to be so rare, uncirculated coins are in the £100 mark

Thanks

Well, they both have a lower mintage than the other ones. The mintage for the 1946 is 620,734, and the mintage for the 1949 is 464,000. These are worth more and are rarer, because the mintages of the other brass threepences are in the millions - they are much higher! In Coin Yearbook, the value of the 1946 is £225 in UNC, and the 1949 is worth £250 in UNC What book did you get the value £100 from btw?

[Master Jmd]

i kind of beat you there william...

[william]

they are rare because of their mintage;

1946 = 620734 mintage

1949 = 464000 mintage

where as usually the mintage of them was around 50 million...

Damn, you got there before me MJMD!

[william]

We posted at the same time there as well!

[Master Jmd]

hehe

[william]

Let's stop this now!

[wybrit]

They're not just expensive because of their mintage. I've seen bagfuls of both dates caried by London dealers. UNCs are very hard to come by and even high grade ones suffer from corrosion problems and lots of bagmarks.

Same story with the 1950 and 1951 issues - very undervalued in high grade right now IMO.