Great Britain 1746 penny
The first specimen was lot 71643 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1746. London Mint. George II. PCGS MS-67. Maundy type. Ideally struck with scintillating blue, green and gold toning highlights around the legends. Certainly elite quality for the issue, and tied with three others for the finest seen by PCGS." The second specimen was lot 75604 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $125. The catalog description[2] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1746. London Mint. George II. PCGS MS-63. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1729-60 and, tho not rare, is difficult to find in nice condition. It is difficult to appreciate that prior to 1797, all English pennies were struck in silver, a holdover from medieval issues.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.50 g, 0.925 fine silver, .014 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: S-3715A; KM-567.
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- Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- [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.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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