British Guiana 1910 4 pence

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Stephen Album sale 47, lot 1501

This specimen was lot 1501 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $420. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH GUIANA: Edward VII, 1901-1910, AR 4 pence, 1910, highest grade (3 pieces, none finer), glorious example! NGC graded MS65." This type is noted for 1903, 1908-10 and was struck to the standard of a British homeland four pence, then only struck for the Maundy sets.

Recorded mintage: 66,000.

Specification: 1.88 g, 0.925 fine silver, 16 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-27.

Source:

  • Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

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