British Honduras 1894 25 cents
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This specimen was lot 71152 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH HONDURAS. 25 Cents, 1894. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS AU-58 Gold Shield. Finest certified of the date on the PCGS population report. A boldly struck and lustrous survivor of this first year of issue with plenty of remaining luster displaying lovely light mottled tone." This type was struck 1894-97 and is not rare in worn condition.
Recorded mintage: 48,000 + 25 proofs.
Specification: 5.81 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-9.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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