Great Britain 1866 penny

Heritage sale 3049, lot 33330

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 33330 in Heritage sale 3049 (Long Beach, September 2016), where it sold for $705. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Victoria Penny 1866 MS65 Red and Brown PCGS. Bun Head type. With an overall enchanting appearance." This type was struck 1860-74 at London and Heaton with a slightly modified obverse extending to 1894.

Recorded mintage: 9,999,000.

Specification: 9.4 g, bronze, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 749.2, Freeman-52.

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.
• 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3049, featuring the Ohio Valley Collection, the Redwood Collection and the F.P. Briand Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2016.

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