Great Britain 1844 penny

Heritage sale 3029, lot 31439

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 31439 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $188. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Victoria Penny 1844, AU55 Brown NGC. Circulation is barely evident with some darkening of the patina noted from 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock on the reverse." This penny was struck 1838-60 and is fairly common. It shares the same design with the farthing and half penny.

Recorded mintage: 215,000.

Specification: 18.8 g, copper.

Catalog reference: KM 739, S-3948.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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