British Guiana 1908 4 pence
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This specimen was lot 2406 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH GUIANA: Edward VII, 1901-1910, AR 4 pence, 1908, key date to the series and a lovely mint state example! NGC graded MS63." This type is noted for 1903 and 1908-10 and was struck to the standard of a British homeland four pence, then only struck for the Maundy sets. This example realized triple the catalog value.
Recorded mintage: 30,000.
Specification: 1.89 g, 0.925 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-27.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
- Pridmore, F., The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations to the end of the Reign of George VI 1952: Part 3, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras and the British West Indies, London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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