Ceylon 1906 cent
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This specimen was lot 23322 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $80. The catalog description[1] noted, "CEYLON. Cent, 1906. London Mint. PCGS MS-63 Brown Gold Shield. Pop: 1; finest certified by PCGS in the Brown designation. A well struck Cent with mint red appearing in many of the protected areas." This type was issued 1904-10. It is common in all grades and was accompanied by a quarter cent and half cent. Cents were struck for Ceylon as late as 1945. Ceylon, famous for tea, attained its independence in 1948 after the British left India and is now known as Sri Lanka.
Recorded mintage: 1,751,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 4.72 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM-102; Prid-206.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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