Great Britain 4 Pence 1831 to 1862

The nice looking coin in our picture is fully uncirculated. You can see the nice luster that the coin displays. Luster is a creaminess or frostiness that appears on an uncirculated coin. Coins that are shiney, and not lustrous, are usually circulated or (worse) cleaned.

These silver coins have King William (Gulielmus) IV until 1838 when they change to Queen Victoria. They have seated Britannia on the back. Britannia is the UK's symbol of integrity. Four pence is called a groat. Each groat contains 0.056 troy ounces of silver.

Catalog values for common dates in this series show the strong trend with condition:

worn: $10 us dollard approximate catalog value
average circulated: $20
well preserved: $60
fully uncirculated: $150

There are some better dates in this series as follows. The values after the dates are for average circulated coins.

1851: $120 average circulated, much more fully uncirculated
1852: $200
1853: $400

Be careful that these are 'catalog' values. This can be misleading. To clear up what 'catalog' means, look at our Terminology page.
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Coin: 657, Genre: Colonizers and Colonies, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 200905, Last review: 201808
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic gray Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1831, filter: 1831 to 1862
Image: great_britain_4_pence_1836.jpg
Tags: escutcheon chairs threepence shiled britt thonged pence thong throne sit brit chevron seated english coat 4th british britan crests logo fourpence britian chair sitted britania arms sitting trident brtiannia prongs crest seat forks stool insignia four britain brittish chevrons creast sits pronged fork twopence sheild britannia throned arm pitchfork brittania shields england crested sixpence brittain pitch coats brittan brittannia shield triton escucheon great trisul shild