1915 Threepence George V Silver Coin

King George V 1915 UK silver Threepence coin, featuring an uncrowned left-facing portrait of the monarch by Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal.

In 1915, the initial mobile campaigns of the First World War shifted to gruelling trench warfare. Major milestones included the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign in Turkey, the Armenian genocide, the first large-scale use of poison gas, and the sinking of the RMS Lusitania.

• 5,450,617 of these .925 silver Threepences were struck in London in 1915 by the Royal Mint
• Reverse features a classic oak wreath and crowned '3' design attributed to Jean Baptiste Merlen

S 4015, Bull 3931, ESC 2129