Ceylon 1892 5 cents

from Steve Album sale 41, lot 2625

This specimen was lot 2625 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $420. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CEYLON: Victoria, 1837-1901, AE 5 cents, 1892, a superb example with partial original red mint luster! PCGS graded MS64 BN." This type is listed for 1870, 1890-92 and 1900 and is somewhat common. Restrikes in silver and gold exist.

Recorded mintage: 1,000,000.

Specification: 18.90 g, copper.

Catalog reference: KM-93.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

• 1890 5 cents
• 1891 cent
• 1892 10 cents
• 1892 25 cents
• 1892 50 cents
• 1909 5 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1892