British Honduras 1897 50 cents
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This specimen was lot 20300 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $2,585. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH HONDURAS. 50 Cents, 1897. NGC MS-61. A low mintage coin with only 20,000 struck. Medium iridescent toning over mark free surfaces. A very elusive issue at this relatively lofty grade level. Nicely toned and quite attractive." This four year type is not rare in circulated condition. This is one of the scarcer of the four known dates (1894, 1895, 1897, 1901).
Recorded mintage: 20,000.
Specification: 11.62 g, 0.925 fine silver, .345 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-10.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
- 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.
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