British Honduras 1894 10 cents

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Ponterio sale 177, lot 13076
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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 13076 in Ponterio sale 177 (Chicago, August 2013), where it sold for $2,232. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH HONDURAS. 10 Cents, 1894. NGC PROOF-63. Possibly only 25 minted according to KM. Toned. From the Demarete Collection." This one year type is not rare in circulated condition but the proofs are rare.

Recorded mintage: 126,000 plus 25 proofs.

Specification: 2.32 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-8.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th 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.
  • Stickney, Brian, A Monetary History of Central America, New York: American Numismatic Society, 2017.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 177: The August 2013 Chicago ANA Auction, World Coins, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2013.

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