British Guiana 1938 4 pence

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 ANA sale, lot 22099

This specimen was lot 22099 in Stack's Bowers ANA Auction (Denver, CO, August 2017), where it sold for $141. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH GUIANA. 4 Pence, 1938. PCGS MS-64. Bold strike with full cartwheel luster and light amber toning." This type was struck 1938-43; the type is common but 1938 is scarce. This fourpence was debased to 0.500 fine for 1944-45, whereupon the denomination was suspended. The area would achieve independence as Guyana in 1966.

Recorded mintage: 30,000.

Specification: 1.89 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-30.

Source:

• 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2017 Denver ANA Auction: Ancients, Selections from The Richard Stuart Collection & World Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• Essequibo & Demerary 1832 2 guilder
• 1936 4 pence
• 1941 4 pence
• Coins and currency dated 1938
• return to coins of Guyana, British Guiana