Check your old GB brass threepences, folks

Rather than post them individually, here's the full set !

Does anyone have an Edward VIII brass threepence?

• Threepence (3d)
  • Nickel-Brass
    • O’Brien Coin Guide: GB & Ireland Brass Threepences of Edward VIII
    • O’Brien Coin Guide: GB & Northern Ireland Brass Threepence of George VI
    • O’Brien Coin Guide: GB & Northern Ireland Brass Threepence of Elizabeth II

 

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I don't consider the Edward VIII an issued coin.

My Elizabeth II set is complete, and my George VI lacks only the great rarities.

 

I agree with you on Edward VIII - the coins were never issued.

However, 1946 and 1949 are hardly 'great rarities'
Scarce, yes ... but not rare.

 

May as well be nigh onto impossible in the U.S.

 

Unless you're the beneficiary of dumb luck. I have a 1946 threepence that was among a small box of world coins given to me decades ago by a late uncle who served in the military in post-WW2 Europe.

I collect British but not this denomination. After all these years, idle curiosity recently prompted me to research it, and that's when I discovered it's the key date in the 'IND:IMP' part of the series.

 

A fair comment.

I try to plan my visits to the USA to coincide with fairs/exhibitions/auctions.

In my limited experience of American fairs, most dealers don't bother to bring foreign material with them (with the exception of Canada and Mexico).

I'm mostly on the look out for Irish coins and banknotes but I don't recall any US dealer with much GB either.

 

Yes true, but last weekend I attended a 3-day show in an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Monroeville), and there were actually 4 dealers who SPECIALIZE in U.K. material. I about fell over from the shock.

 

The only place I have ever SEEN a 1946, 1948, 1949, or 1951 thruppence was several years ago at the New York International Numismatic Convention, which actually BANS U.S. material less than 200 years old.

If I had seen one since then, it would already be in my set.

 

Perhaps you should consider a trip to Europe.

 

Hey guys,
Look what just came in last week in a collection I bought.






Now explain this 45 if you will, same weight and thickness as a standard coin.






Just to keep Mr O'Brien happy.

 

On my agenda, 2019, not the continent,... England, Wales and Scotland. I had been working on doing it next MONTH, to catch an NFL game at Wembley, plus a Premier League match ANYWHERE, but I can't swing it due to work. I was thinking of Cardiff City, to make my British Royal Mint visit from the same hotel base.

 

It's possible you're going to the wrong events.

I've been attending US coin shows for decades — the local/regional variety, not the big national shows — and never fail to find plenty of sellers of world coins of all varieties.

Granted, it's mostly everyday coins, rather than high-end rarities, but still, my impression is that the inventory of world coins floating around the US is huge.

 

Exactly right. It's big, it's growing, but with a few exceptions, it's kind of repetitive and mundane.

 

I have a 46 and a 49, didn't cost that much....

 

i gus iam lucky but not dum-lucky in 2015 ibought few pounds of world coins and get 12 of those 3 pence from1937-1943 plus some 1950 i would post a picture but they are in hide away i need 2 hours to get them pictured

 

Most collectors buy the "every day coins" - not high end rarities.

I focus on the every day collectors.

My website does likewise, with the exception of the Early Hammered section.
But even that is aimed at helping detectorists and people with "attic finds"

I've got 300+ articles done
... and another 200+ in "the pipeline"

I will (eventually) finish !

 

They can usually be bought for about €10 each.

 

This is fairly common. The 1950 is largely available, as are the early ones. Other dates AROUND 1950 are the really tough ones in the U.S.