1894 Threepence Victoria Silver Coin

Collectable low mintage silver Threepence, struck in London at the Royal Mint in 1894, late in the reign of Queen Victoria.

Struck in sterling silver (.925), these compact currency coins feature Jean Baptiste Merlen's classic crowned numeral reverse, paired with Sir Thomas Brock's refined Old Head portrait of Victoria on the obverse, used on British coins during the last decade of this monarch's reign.

• Lowest mintage Threepence in the Widowed Head series: just 1,608,603 struck in 1894
• Issued the year the First Sino-Japanese War broke out, the Republic of Hawaii was founded

S 3942, Bull 3446, ESC 2106