British Honduras 1918 cent
This specimen was lot 71101 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH HONDURAS. Cent, 1918. NGC MS-63 Brown. A choice example, offering deep brown surfaces with some underlying brilliance." This type was struck 1914-19, 1924-26 and 1936 and is rather scarce, especially in nice condition. The only other issue for British Honduras in 1918 was a copper-nickel five cents (KM 16) and silver ten cents (KM 20). The country, long claimed by Guatemala, is now known as Belize. The issues of British Honduras are marked by their dull design; the reverse on this coin was used during the reigns of queen Victoria, kings Edward VII, George V, George VI and later queen Elizabeth II.
Recorded mintage: 40,000.
Specification: bronze.
Catalog reference: KM-19.
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- 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 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.
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