cool coin!!

[dfx willy]

once again the front yard gives. need some help. british? i never saw one . its in great shape. also octagon. thanx. willy

 

[STH69]

Nice coin

 

[allen]

i love the octogantal shaped coins...

 

[jgas]

I love the foreign coinage. They are always a surprise. Nice one.. jgas

 

[fortbball9]

Scroll down to the 1946 Three pence coin and click on it.
Hope this helps.Nice coin

http://www.coinsandstamps.com/forei...ain/Three Pence/three_pence_great_britain.htm

fortbball9

 

[shaun7]

yep, an english thrupenny bit! they always seem to be orange when i find them!

 

[Silver Searcher]

yep, an english thrupenny bit! they always seem to be orange when i find them!

Thrupnybits...cockney rhyming slang for t..s

 

[shaun7]

yep, an english thrupenny bit! they always seem to be orange when i find them!

Were you rolling the "r's" as you said that?

of course!

why?

 

[Mackaydon]

Actually, it's a 12-sided coin.

In 1937 a new brass threepence was introduced using an alloy of 79% copper, 20% zinc and 1% nickel. It was 12 sided to make it more distinguishable to the touch, and weighed 6.8g. It measures 21mm across between the flat edges.

The 12-sided design and thickness made the coin easy to identify, and it became very popular - the silver threepence being considered too small, a lesson not learnt when it came to introducing the present small fivepence piece.

At first the coins had sharp corners, but during 1941 a more rounded collar was used, as failure of the collars was occuring too frequently. This type (with specific legend) was issued between 1937 and 1948.

Don.......

http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/three.html

 

[Bob S]

Nice Find WTG

 

[John987]

Nice find!
HH

John

 

[Finman]

Very intersting find, Congrats!!

HH Joe

 

[crazyjarhead]

Unusual find in your front yard. Nice 3 pence

 

[silverfreak]

cool find Willy