Great Britain 1806 penny
The first specimen was lot 10421 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $306. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1806. "K" on truncation. PCGS MS-64 BN. From the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation." This type of 1806-08 is the only issue of copper pennies between 1799 and 1825, being struck at the Boulton and Watt mint in Birmingham. Despite a desperate shortage of small change which permitted the issue of a profusion of counterfeits and private tokens, the mint made little effort to produce copper coins until the 1820's. This penny was accompanied by a half penny and farthing (KM 661).
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: S-3780; KM-663.
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