1920 George V Threepence

[Rob75]

Hello all,

I have attempted to grade this coin and suggest it is fair/good and has a value of about £1-2, mainly due to silver content.

I believe it is a type 2 coin (.500 silver) and had a mintage of approx 16,703,597.

It is roughly 16mm in diameter and weighs about 1.4g.

I would be grateful to know if I am on the right track (i.e. info from books and websites).

Also, could somebody let me know how to show my coins via photobucket. I have generated the code but do not seem to be able to insert it on my post.

Many thanks,

Robert

[argentumandcoins]

Hello all,

I have attempted to grade this coin and suggest it is fair/good and has a value of about £1-2, mainly due to silver content.

I believe it is a type 2 coin (.500 silver) and had a mintage of approx 16,703,597.

It is roughly 16mm in diameter and weighs about 1.4g.

I would be grateful to know if I am on the right track (i.e. info from books and websites).

Also, could somebody let me know how to show my coins via photobucket. I have generated the code but do not seem to be able to insert it on my post.

Many thanks,

Robert

I think you should grade for Dix Noon and Webb! You're a bit on the harsh side as it is probably Fine overall.

There were 2 "types" in 1920 as it was the transitional year for the change in silver content of threepences, so type A is 0.925 silver and type B 0.500 silver.

You will need to get hold of a copy of English Silver Coinage since 1649 by Rayner, where things like this are noted.

[Peckris]

Hello all,

I have attempted to grade this coin and suggest it is fair/good and has a value of about £1-2, mainly due to silver content.

I believe it is a type 2 coin (.500 silver) and had a mintage of approx 16,703,597.

It is roughly 16mm in diameter and weighs about 1.4g.

I would be grateful to know if I am on the right track (i.e. info from books and websites).

Also, could somebody let me know how to show my coins via photobucket. I have generated the code but do not seem to be able to insert it on my post.

Many thanks,

Robert

Obverse Fair, Reverse Fine (ish). For assessing regal portraits, always look for hair detail (which all grades down to Fine must show). Yours has none.

You're a bit over-optimistic about value. The value of the silver in a 50% silver 3d would struggle to even approach 50p. The old 3d is just over one new penny in face value, so even at 20 times face, it would be only be worth 25p!

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[Hello17]

Hello all,

I have attempted to grade this coin and suggest it is fair/good and has a value of about £1-2, mainly due to silver content.

I believe it is a type 2 coin (.500 silver) and had a mintage of approx 16,703,597.

It is roughly 16mm in diameter and weighs about 1.4g.

I would be grateful to know if I am on the right track (i.e. info from books and websites).

Also, could somebody let me know how to show my coins via photobucket. I have generated the code but do not seem to be able to insert it on my post.

Many thanks,

Robert

i remember when i thought coins were like that!

[Red Riley]

I think you should grade for Dix Noon and Webb! You're a bit on the harsh side as it is probably Fine overall.

There were 2 "types" in 1920 as it was the transitional year for the change in silver content of threepences, so type A is 0.925 silver and type B 0.500 silver.

You will need to get hold of a copy of English Silver Coinage since 1649 by Rayner, where things like this are noted.

I think I would agree with you John, the ear is distinct from the side of the head which is really what clinches it for me. Incidentally, a little anecdote about these little 'joeys'; just after the war, an old friend of my father, now in his late eighties and living in Canada, used to work in the ticket office of a suburban railway station. He said that the poor little things had become so unpopular that you literally handed them back in change and ran because people were in the habit of demanding the brass variety even though they were intrinsically less valuable. Rather an unfair comment on quite an attractive coin I think, but there is no doubting that they were wont to disappear down the back of sofas ans what not.

I have a vague recollection from somewhere that they are still legal tender either as a result of being included in the Maundy sets or simply because they got forgotten about at decimalisation, I can't remember which.