Canada 1881-H 10 cents
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This specimen was lot 30571 in Heritage sale 3049 (Long Beach, September 2016), where it sold for $2,350. The catalog description[1] noted, "Victoria 10 Cents 1881-H MS64 NGC, Heaton mint. Visually unmatched, this small specimen struck a the Heaton mint features the beautifully-styled portrait of Victoria sitting atop surfaces that glow with full-bodied, magenta luster. Presently the finest certified example of the date/mintmark by NGC and very intriguing as such. From the Reverend Dr. James G.K. McClure Collection." This is a fairly common date of a type struck 1858, 1870-75, 1880-1901.
Recorded mintage: 950,000.
Specification: 2.32 g, 0.925 fine silver, .069 troy oz ASW, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM 3.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
- [1]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3049, featuring the Ohio Valley Collection, the Redwood Collection and the F.P. Briand Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2016.
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