British Honduras 1895 25 cents
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This specimen was lot 40077 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH HONDURAS. 25 Cents, 1895. London Mint. Victoria. NGC MS-63. The single finest seen at NGC for the date, this glistening, choice specimen dazzles with tremendous brilliance and a very lively iridescence scattered throughout. In-hand inspection will truly unlock all that this piece has to offer." This type was struck 1894-97 and is not rare in worn condition.
Recorded mintage: 47,000.
Specification: 5.81 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-9; Prid-13.
- 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, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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