1838 GREAT BRITAIN Silver "2 PENCE" The FIRST YEAR of COINAGE for QUEEN VICTORIA

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1838 GREAT BRITAIN Silver "2 PENCE" The FIRST YEAR of COINAGE for QUEEN VICTORIA
1838 GREAT BRITAIN Silver "2 PENCE" The FIRST YEAR of COINAGE for QUEEN VICTORIA
Description
This is an original, sterling silver, Two Pence from Great Britain. It was struck at the Royal mint in 1838 during the first-year coins were struck with the portrait of Queen Victoria.
The small silver 1 through 4 pence coins of Britain, now generally thought of as
"Maundy"
coins, were struck for normal circulation until 1820. After that only the 3 and 4 Pence continued to be produced for normal circulation. However, the 2 Pence here was also struck for circulation in British Guiana in 3 years, this year 1838, in 1843 and 1848.
The first
"Maundy Sets"
of all four coins were put together late in the reign of George III. At the Maundy Thursday ceremony, the poor would be given the number of Pence equaling the age of the monarch in these small silver coins. In 1838 there were just 4,158 Maundy Sets produced.
Weight: 0.97 Gram, 13 Millimeter, .925 Silver.
"Standard Catalog of World Coins"
(1801-1900)
by Krause-Mishler.
#72
9.
"Standard Catalog of English and UK Coins"
by Coincraft
.
#VY2M-00
5.
Obverse:
VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F: D: •
Victoria, by the grace of God, Queen of all the British territories and Defender of the Faith
. • The
"Young"
portrait by William Wyon.
There were three different obverses used during Victoria's long reign. First, this the
"Young"
head, then the
"Jubilee"
head and lastly the
"Veiled"
or Old head. There were two different reverses also with quite different crowns used for the 2 Pence. The second obverse appeared in 1888 and the last in 1893. The second reverse was struck from 1888 onwards.
Reverse:
1838 • 2 • Crown and wreath.
The Coin:
A veteran. It circulated somewhere for some time, earning the wear, marks and dirt. Fully original, it has never been cleaned. As grading is subjective, please see the pictures and judge for yourself.
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