ST. HELENA: George I, 1714-1727, AR 3 pence (0.92g), 1714, KM-3, Prid-1:719, struck at the St. George mint at Madras for shipment to St. Helena: lion rampant // date above the balemark of the East India Company, found on the Thames foreshore in East London, c. 2005, choice VF, RRR. Following an unsuccessful attempt by the directors of the East India Co to have a coinage for St Helena struck in England in 1713, on 12 February 1714 the company instructed its mint at Fort St George to strike copper halfpence and farthings and silver fanams for the island, although it was not until towards the end of 1716 that the coins were placed in circulation.
Estimate: 2,000-2,400 USD