British Honduras 1919 25 cents
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This specimen was lot 76206 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $1,800. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH HONDURAS. 25 Cents, 1919. London Mint. George V. PCGS MS-64. A pleasing near-Gem example with multicolored toning and an abundance of underlying luster. The second highest graded example at PCGS." This scarce type was also issued in 1911. The next twenty-five cents was issued in 1952, by which time the silver denominations had been converted to copper-nickel. British Honduras is today Belize.
Recorded mintage: 40,000.
Specification: 5.81 g, 0.925 fine silver, 23.2 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-17.
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- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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