Coin - Threepence (Maundy), William IV, Great Britain, 1831 (Obverse)
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Item NU 985 Coin - Threepence (Maundy), William IV, Great Britain, 1831
Silver Maundy coin; Denomination: Threepence
Royal Mint, London
King William IV (1830-1837)
Circulation threepence coins of William IV were struck only for colonial use, in the West Indies.
Bare head of the King facing right; around, GULIELMUS IIII D:G: BRITANNIAR: REX F:D:.
At centre within an open oak wreath; the numeral 3; above, crown; the numeral dividing the date 1831
King William IV, England, Great Britain
William Wyon RA - Royal Mint, London
Jean B. Merlen
Coins, Great britain, Proof strikes
[Book] Skingley, Philip. 2007. Coins of England and the United Kingdom., Spink 3842 Pages
article King William IV (1765-1837) William IV was born in Buckingham Palace on 21 August 1765, the third son of George III and Sophia. At the age of 13, William became a midshipman and began a career in the Royal Navy. In 1789, he was made duke of Clarence. He ...
article Early History of London Mints, to 1300 The Roman Empire had a mint in London from about AD 287 until about 337, but for most of the period of Roman control Britain was supplied with its coinage requirements from Europe. The end of Roman rule saw an end to the regular ...
article Royal Mint, Tower Hill, 1809-1975 On 7 February 1798 a committee of the Privy Council recommended that a new Royal Mint with the latest machinery should be built. A site on Tower Hill that had been a Royal Navy victualling yard was selected and Matthew Boulton, ...
article The Royal Mint Although there were mints in London in the Roman and early Anglo-Saxon periods, it was not until Alfred the Great occupied the city in 886 that a continuous history down to the present Royal Mint can be established. From 1300 ...
article Royal Mint, London The history of the British Royal Mint is over a thousand years old. The Mint descends in an unbroken link from the scattered workshops of the moneyers of Anglo-Saxon London, through Roman mints to a large modern coining plant in ...
article William Wyon, Medallist & Engraver (1795-1851) William Wyon, the most famous of the Wyon family of medallists and engravers was born in 1795 in Birmingham where his father, Peter Wyon, was a die engraver. In 1809 William became apprenticed to his father who was apparently then ...
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Grant Miller Posted on 12 Dec 2011 at 09:30 AM GMT+11:00 I just found an 1837 william IV 3 pence while metal detecting on old bar beach , NSW . It has alittle damage around the edge but is still legable , I also found an early queen victoria 6 pence however there is substancial damage on the reverse which has obscured the date . Are these coins worth hanging onto ? I`m not into coin collecting and really have no idea .