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A 1943 brass threepenny bit. By the end of George V's reign the threepence had become unpopular in England because of its small size (George Orwell comments on this in Keep the Aspidistra Flying [3]), but it remained popular in Scotland. It was consequently decided to introduce a more substantial threepenny coin which would have a more ...
The brass threepence, or "threepenny bit", was a twelve-sided British coin equivalent to 1 ⁄ 80 of a pound. Struck between 1937 and 1967, with a final issue for collectors dated 1970, it was the first British coin that was not round.
Ten pennies worth money to look for in 2024 include: 1943-D Lincoln Bronze Wheat Penny — $2.3 million. 1944-S Steel Wheat Penny — $1.1 million. 1793 Strawberry Leaf Cent — $862,000.
While most aren't worth much more than, well, a penny, there are others worth a lot more. ... 1943 Bronze Lincoln Penny. In 1943, the U.S. switched to zinc-coated steel to help save copper during ...
The threepence [1] or threepenny bit [2] was a denomination of currency used by various jurisdictions in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, valued at 1/80 of a pound or 1 ⁄ 4 of a shilling until decimalisation of the pound sterling and Irish pound in 1971. It was also used in some parts of the British Empire (later known as the ...
The Australian threepence (pron. "thrippence"), commonly referred to as the "threepenny bit", is a small silver coin used in the Commonwealth of Australia prior to decimalisation. It was minted from 1910 until 1964, excluding 1913, 1929–1933 inclusive, 1937, 1945 and 1946.
Now, some of those nickels are worth big bucks, even reaching into the millions. “I helped discover one of those rare nickels that had been missing since 1962,” said Donn Pearlman ...
The old pennies quickly went out of use after Decimal Day, 15 February 1971—there was no exact decimal equivalent of them, and the slogan "use your old pennies in sixpenny lots" explained that pennies and "threepenny bits" were only accepted in shops if their total value was six old pence (exactly 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 new pence). The old penny was ...