Very Small Population in this High Grade. Always in great demand by collectors is the 1949 3 Pence. This has a mere mintage of 464,000 struck, most widely circulated and heavily worn, normally seen very ugly due to the soft brass used in coining these coin. This one is very nice with nice detail, lots of surface luster and better then most. Strike and detail is very good with sharp ear and sharp hair detail over the ear. The facial features are very nice and rounded and not heavily marked as normally seen. Reverse also very nice and sharp on the flowers and high detail devices. Fields are nice with noted luster in the fields. A very rare coin in this high grade and due to it having the lowest mintage of the series, is always in great demand. Normally seen in VF, rare in AU or better, , this a very nice high end CH BU, NGC 62. A very nice addition to your collection.