June 13, 2025, 05:18:35 PM

News

Medallions   

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Goose

  • Guest
  • Trade Count: (0)
England 3 pence
August 31, 2013, 09:38:44 AM
I just picked up a 1934 England 3 pence (Fine) and I noticed that it's not reeded. Should it be, being that it's 50% silver? Also, I noticed a small 'c' in the center of the triangular sticks on the reverse. I have an old K & M catalog and it doesn't mention anything about the reeding or the small 'c'. Any help out there?

 


Offline Nevol

  • Global Moderator
  • Trade Count: (1)
  • Member Knight
  • ******
  • Queensland State Flag
Re: England 3 pence
August 31, 2013, 10:15:11 AM
GB 3 pence's are not reeded and the tiny c in the middle is normal. We had  3 pence's in Australia as well and none of them were reeded either.  Probably because they were too small for reeding to be applied successfully.
 
Go to this site and scroll halfway down the page & you'll see a picture of a 1934 3 pence:https://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/~coinsof1/pics/three.html

Are you starting a collection of  them?  

Ne♥ol~Nancy
KOTCT #46
Queensland, Australia
Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved.
 


Offline Triggersmob

  • Master Collector
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Member Knight
  • *****
  • Western Australian State Flag
Re: England 3 pence
August 31, 2013, 10:18:50 AM
The "c" is normal, if the pics I Googled are anything to go by. Not sure about the reeding though.

Edit: I'm too slow, Nancy beat me to it.

Steve
(From Western Australia)

OFEC count 239
See my gallery here, now with over 15,000 images...
http://www.coincommunity.org/gallery/index.php?cat=10048
 


Goose

  • Guest
  • Trade Count: (0)
Re: England 3 pence
August 31, 2013, 01:54:01 PM
Thanks for the info Nancy. As for the 3 pence, I have few. I started to collect foreign coins other than Canadian (1966) about 10 yrs ago. It's not that large but I now have over 60 countries' coins.....95% of them silver. My top foreign collecting interests are Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. As for U S coins? I lost interest in collecting anymore of them many, many snows ago.

 


Offline Sap

  • Master Collector
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Member Knight
  • *****
  • The Numismatichemist
Re: England 3 pence
August 31, 2013, 06:23:54 PM
The "small C" is actually a small "G", the initial of the designer, George Kruger Gray.

KoCT #21

The early bird gets the worm, sure, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
 


Offline Nevol

  • Global Moderator
  • Trade Count: (1)
  • Member Knight
  • ******
  • Queensland State Flag
Re: England 3 pence
September 01, 2013, 06:20:40 PM
The "small C" is actually a small "G", the initial of the designer, George Kruger Gray.
Thanks Sap. That makes sense.  :D

Ne♥ol~Nancy
KOTCT #46
Queensland, Australia
Life is a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved.