Canada 1894 cent

from Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collectors Choice sale, lot 71239

This specimen was lot 71239 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CANADA. Cent, 1894. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS MS-64+ Red Brown Gold Shield. Entirely lustrous with blushes of red and purple coloration in the fields. SCARCE quality for the date." This type was struck 1870-1901 in large quantities and is readily available in grades up to brown Uncirculated.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000, fairly common.

Specification: bronze, 5.67 grams, 25.4 mm diameter, plain edge. Designed by Leonard C. Wyon and G. W. DeSaulles.

Catalog reference: KM-7.

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, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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