British Honduras 1897 25 cents
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This specimen was lot 957 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2019), where it sold for $166.60. The catalog description[1] noted, "British Honduras, 25 cents, 1897, Victoria, NGC AU 58. Light rainbow toning over muted luster, the obverse fraught with bagmarks. Perhaps surprisingly, no Mint State examples are noted in the NGC census, making this one of the finest known (among five listed). NGC #4715670-007." This type was struck 1894-97 and is not rare in worn condition.
Recorded mintage: 40,000.
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]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.
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