Margaret, Silver thrupennies are often to be seen for sale on eBay. If you don't have an account you may know someone who does. Many aren't that expensive. Fond memories of them, but too easy to lose through a wee hole in a pocket! But they were certainly much lighter than the twelve-sided "widden" thrupenny. Jack ----------------------------------------------------------------- On 06/12/2015 22:54, Margaret McNab via wrote: > ...Wish I could find some silver threepence!!! Margaret

My late mother in law at our first family Christmas together back in about 1980 or so, "ensured" (bless her) I was the lucky recipient of two silver thruppenies I sealed them in sellotape and have had them in my wallet ever since :-) As Jack said there are plenty on ebay quite cheap, they are only really worth a lot when they are perfect or the odd unusual year or minting Years ago a very excited nephew ran up saying he had found a foreign coin, it was a 12 sided threepenny bit :-) Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 07/12/2015 17:56, Jack P Mills via wrote: > Margaret, > > Silver thrupennies are often to be seen for sale on eBay. > If you don't have an account you may know someone who does. > Many aren't that expensive. > Fond memories of them, but too easy to lose through a wee hole in a pocket! > But they were certainly much lighter than the twelve-sided "widden" > thrupenny. > > Jack --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus