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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3243563, member: 10461&quot;]That little silver fourpence (also known as a &quot;groat&quot;) is a type which was issued mostly for use in the colonies like British Guiana, but also circulated in the UK itself.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-4-pence-km-731.1-1838-1862-cuid-1172311-duid-1334327" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-4-pence-km-731.1-1838-1862-cuid-1172311-duid-1334327" rel="nofollow">The Krause/NGC database lists that year for $20.00 in VF20</a>, but unfortunately yours doesn&#039;t even remotely make the VF20 grade- it&#039;s more like a G6.&nbsp; Figure it as about a $4-5 coin as such.&nbsp; Makes a nice companion piece to your penny.</p><p><br /></p><p>The size discrepancy had to do with the metal content, of course.&nbsp; The big coin was a penny&#039;s worth of copper at the time but the little one had four pence worth of silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compare this to the United States during the same period- we had big copper large cents (though they weren&#039;t as large as the British pennies of the same era), and little silver 3- and 5-cent (half dime) pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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