Canada 1894 25 cents

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Steve Album sale 38, lot 1877
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This specimen was lot 1877 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $190.40. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR 25 cents, 1894, lustrous, better date, EF." The type was struck in 1858 and 1870-1901. This date is scarce.

Recorded mintage: 220,000, a better date.

Specification: 5.81 g, 0.925 fine silver, .173 troy oz ASW, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-5.

Source:

  • 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, 47th Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 1993.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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