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Victoria 1837-1901 AD (Maundy)
Victorian threepences were produced both for maundy use and for normal circulation in all years between 1838 and 1901 except 1847, 1848, and 1852 (probably because of the possible advent of a decimal currency at the time , when the 3d at 1/80th of a pound would not have fitted within a decimal system. Currency silver threepences from 1838 to 1926 were of identical design and cannot usually be distinguished except in the best conditions when the higher striking standard of the maundy coins stand out; this resulted in the curious legal anomaly that when the currency was decimalised in 1971 all silver threepences from 1870 onwards were revalued at three new pence, not just the maundy coins.
Threepences were produced with both the "young head" (1838-1887) and "Jubilee head" (1887-1893), inscribed VICTORIA D G BRITANNIAR REGINA F D, while those produced with the "old head" (1893-1901) are inscribed VICTORIA DEI GRA BRITT REGINA FID DEF IND IMP
Victoria's coins are usually described as: Young Head 1838-1854, Young Head 1855-1870. Young Head 1871-1887, Jubilee Head 1887-1893 and Old Veiled Head 1893-1901. Good examples can have estimated values of around £60-70
Victorian threepences were produced both for maundy use and for normal circulation in all years between 1838 and 1901 except 1847, 1848, and 1852 (probably because of the possible advent of a decimal currency at the time , when the 3d at 1/80th of a pound would not have fitted within a decimal system. Currency silver threepences from 1838 to 1926 were of identical design and cannot usually be distinguished except in the best conditions when the higher striking standard of the maundy coins stand out; this resulted in the curious legal anomaly that when the currency was decimalised in 1971 all silver threepences from 1870 onwards were revalued at three new pence, not just the maundy coins.
Threepences were produced with both the "young head" (1838-1887) and "Jubilee head" (1887-1893), inscribed VICTORIA D G BRITANNIAR REGINA F D, while those produced with the "old head" (1893-1901) are inscribed VICTORIA DEI GRA BRITT REGINA FID DEF IND IMP
Victoria's coins are usually described as: Young Head 1838-1854, Young Head 1855-1870. Young Head 1871-1887, Jubilee Head 1887-1893 and Old Veiled Head 1893-1901. Good examples can have estimated values of around £60-70
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