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Silver Issues: Charles II : James II :
William & Mary : William III : Anne :
George I : George II :
George III : George IV :
William IV : Victoria : Edward VII :
George V : George VI : Elizabeth II :
Charles III
Nickel-brass Issues: George VI : Elizabeth II
It is stressed that the following prices are a guide to retail prices only, and are in UK pounds. They represent what you might have to pay a dealer, rather than what you might be able to sell them for.
I can take no personal responsibility for their accuracy, although every effort has been made to ensure that they have been copied correctly.
The information has generally been taken from the UK monthly magazine Coin News, and is reproduced by the kind permission of
Token Publishing Ltd, 40 Southernhay East, Exeter, EX1 1PE
The headings F, VF, EF and Unc refer to the condition grades of the coins. A guide to evaluating grades is found on my UK Coin Values Index page.
Proof coins relatively often found are listed, but the absence of a mention does not mean that a proof of that year does not exist.
If you have a threepence coin with a date not listed, or marked as rare, it was probably part of a Maundy Set. Silver threepence from 1927 onwards with a crowned three on the reverse are Maundy Coins.
It is beyond the scope of this listing to quote values for individual Maundy Coins from 1838 to 1926. However, an approximate value can be found by dividing the value of a Maundy Set by four.
Year F VF EF Undated 70 125 200 1670 75 125 185 1671 70 125 185 1671g 80 160 245 1672 80 130 195 1673 70 110 175 1674 70 110 175 1675 70 110 180 1676 75 125 220 1676/5 90 140 240 1676e 110 165 250 1677 65 90 165 1678 55 85 140 1679 50 80 140 1679o 120 170 265 1680 65 100 175 1681 70 110 190 1682/1 65 110 175 1682 65 115 175 1683 65 110 170 1684 65 110 175 1684/3 75 115 180 g: GRVTIA e: ERA instead of FRA o: O over A in CAROLVS
Year F VF EF 1685 85 125 200 1685f 150 230 350 1686 80 115 175 1687 80 115 170 1687/6 85 115 175 1688 85 130 215 1688/7 90 135 225 f: Struck on fourpenny flan
Year F VF EF 1689 85 130 195 1689ns 90 135 200 1689m 120 160 240 1690 95 140 200 1690/60 95 145 220 1690/590 90 140 215 1691b1 370 570 850 1691b2 245 365 525 1692 120 180 275 1692g1 115 180 275 1692g2 115 170 270 1692g3 115 170 275 1693 150 220 300 1693/2 155 245 310 1694 95 120 200 1694m 140 180 265 1694g2 105 135 210 1694g3 105 140 220 ns: no stop on reverse m: LMV over MVS b1: first bust b2: second bust g1: G below bust g2: GV below bust g3: GVL below bust m: barless A's in MARIA
Year F VF EF 1698 80 145 225 1699 75 135 200 1700 80 145 220 1701s 80 140 215 1701b 95 150 225 1701l 90 145 215 s: small letters b: GBA instead of GRA l: large letters
Year F VF EF 1703 80 125 205 1703c 90 150 230 1704 70 100 175 1705 90 140 225 1706 65 100 170 1707 65 105 155 1708 70 125 185 1708/7 70 110 190 1709 70 145 195 1710 55 105 150 1713 75 135 190 c: 7 of date above crown
Year F VF EF 1717 75 120 15 1721 75 120 175 1723 85 140 200 1727 80 135 195
Year F VF EF 1729 60 110 155 1731 60 110 160 1731s 70 120 180 1732ns 60 105 160 1732sh 70 115 170 1735 70 110 175 1737 65 100 170 1739 65 100 175 1740 55 95 145 1743 65 95 160 1743sh 65 95 165 1746 50 80 140 1746/3 55 85 150 1760 60 90 155 s: small lettering ns: no stop over head sh: stop over head
Year F VF EF Unc 1762 30 50 70 1763 30 50 75 1763 proof ex rare 1765 425 600 925 1766 70 110 185 1770 90 135 215 1772 60 90 120 1780 65 95 125 1784 80 115 195 1786 80 110 190 1792 110 170 250 340 1795 40 80 120 1800 45 85 130 1817 55 95 170 1818 55 95 170 1820 55 95 170
Year F VF EF Unc 1822 90 180 1823 80 160 1824 80 170 1825 80 165 1826 80 165 1827 80 165 1828 80 165 1829 80 165 1830 80 165
Those above, and Maundy coins below, extracted from Coin News March 2024
Year F VF EF Unc 1834 12 24 100 250 1835 10 20 80 230 1836 10 20 52 230 1837 15 32 130 300
William IV Maundy Coins
1831 proof 390 650 1831 110 175 1832 125 220 1833 90 170 1834 90 170 1835 90 170 1836 90 170 1837 115 205
Maundy 3d coins from 1838 to 1926 can be distinguished from those issued for circulation by the quality of the strike. However, this not easy without experience. Such coins may command a premium. Dates described as rare relate to circulation strikes rather than Maundy issues. Because of this, no values are given for Maundy coins from 1838 until the design became different from circulation coins from 1927 onwards.
Young Head
Year F VF EF Unc 1838 15 30 80 250 1839 15 30 90 260 1840 15 30 90 260 1841 18 30 100 300 1842 15 28 90 270 1843 15 28 70 220 1843/34 15 28 90 250 1844 16 28 90 240 1845 16 28 70 235 1846 25 70 275 550 1847 ex rare 1848 ex rare 1849 12 28 80 250 1850 12 25 60 225 1851 12 30 70 230 1851/58 25 50 220 1852 80 220 700 1100 1853 60 140 300 700 1854 8 25 75 220 1855 12 30 90 260 1856 10 25 90 225 1857 10 25 80 250 1858 10 25 70 225 1858b ex rare 1858/6 15 30 200 1858/5 10 30 150 1859 8 20 60 200 1860 12 28 75 260 1861 10 25 70 200 1862 10 25 70 200 1863 30 70 125 350 1864 7 22 50 170 1865 7 22 60 190 1866 7 22 60 180 1867 7 22 60 180 1868 7 22 60 190 1868Rr extremely rare 1869 25 175 300 650 1870 6 18 60 160 1871 6 18 50 140 1872 5 16 50 120 1873 5 16 50 120 1874 5 16 50 130 1875 5 16 50 120 1876 5 16 50 120 1877 5 16 50 120 1878 6 18 55 160 1879 5 16 40 110 1880 5 16 40 100 1881 5 16 40 95 1882 8 25 70 200 1883 5 10 30 65 1884 5 12 35 75 1885 5 12 35 80 1886 5 12 30 60 1887yh 5 12 30 65 b: BRITANNIAB error Rr: RRITANNIAR errorJubilee Head
Year F VF EF Unc 1887jh 2 4 15 30 1887jh proof 250 1888 2 5 20 45 1889 2 5 20 50 1890 2 5 20 50 1891 2 5 20 50 1892 2 5 20 55 1893jh 20 60 180 425Old Head
Year F VF EF Unc 1893oh 2 5 16 35 1893oh proof 250 1894 4 7 25 70 1895 2 5 22 60 1896 2 5 18 40 1897 2 5 18 40 1898 2 5 18 40 1899 2 5 18 40 1900 2 5 18 40 1901 2 5 15 30
Year F VF EF Unc 1902 2 3 10 20 1902 proof 60 1903 2 5 20 55 1904 4 12 50 120 1905 2 5 25 65 1906 3 9 40 90 1907 2 4 20 60 1908 2 3 20 55 1909 2 4 20 60 1910 2 4 18 45
Year F VF EF Unc 1911 3 12 1911 proof 70 1912 3 15 1913 3 15 1914 3 14 1915 3 16 1916 3 12 1917 3 12 1918 3 10 1919 3 10 1920 3 12Type 2: .500 Silver
Year F VF EF Unc 1920 3 12 1921 3 14 1922 3 40 1925 5 28 1926 7 35Type 3: Modified Obverse
Year F VF EF Unc 1926 me 8 25Type 4: New Oak Sprig Reverse
Year F VF EF Unc 1927 proof 120 1928 4 10 30 65 1930 2 4 10 40 1931 2 7 1932 2 7 1933 2 7 1934 2 7 1935 2 7 1936 2 7Maundy Issues (3 on reverse)
Year F VF EF Unc 1927 60 85 1928 60 85 1930 60 85 1931 60 85 1932 60 85 1933 60 85 1934 60 85 1935 65 110 1936 80 140
Year F VF EF Unc 1937s 1 5 1937s proof 20 1938s 1 5 1939s 4 15 1940s 1 4 1941s 1 4 1942s 2 5 12 35 1943s 3 8 15 40 1944s 10 25 50 100 1945s two known
n.b. It is the silver 1945 3d that is rare. For the nickel-brass version see below.
Maundy Issues (3 on reverse)
Year F VF EF Unc 1937 55 85 1937 proof 70 1938-52 55 85
Year F VF EF Unc 1953 210 310 1954-85 45 75 1986-2002 55 80 2002g proof 625 2003-2007 55 80 2008 155 2009 145 2010 150 2011 130 2012 140 2013 140 2014 170 2015 155 2016 150 2017 170 2018 180 2019 190 2020 200 2021 210 2022 215 g: gold proof
Year F VF EF Unc 2023 275
Year F VF EF Unc 1937nb 1 4 1937nb proof 20 1938nb 1 25 1939nb 5 50 1940nb 4 35 1941nb 1 10 1942nb 1 10 1943nb 1 10 1944nb 1 12 1945nb 5 25 1946 6 25 240 900 1948 7 60Type 2: No IND IMP
Year F VF EF Unc 1949 6 28 250 950 1950 2 20 140 1950 proof 25 1951 4 35 170 1951 proof 25 1952 12
Year F VF EF Unc 1953 1 1953 proof 12Type 2: No BRITT OMN
Year F VF EF Unc 1954 5 1955 5 1956 6 1957 6 1958 9 1959 6 1960 2 1961 1 1962 1 1963 1 1964 1965 1966 1967 1970 proof only 6
Values extracted from Coin News March 2021 (Maundy issues March 2024)
The lack of a value for a grade means either that the coin is rarely found in that grade or that its value is less than £1.
Silver Issues: Charles II : James II :
William & Mary : William III : Anne :
George I : George II :
George III : George IV :
William IV : Victoria : Edward VII :
George V : George VI : Elizabeth II
Charles III
Nickel-brass Issues: George VI : Elizabeth II
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