Great Britain 1878 penny

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 1058

This specimen was lot 1058 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $2,232.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1878. PCGS PROOF-64 RB. Obverse 8, reverse J. Lightly toned with only a few dark specks. In an old green holder. From the Kevin Tierney Collection." This is a slightly better date. This penny was struck 1860-94 in several varieties and is common, tho the proofs are rare. Worn specimens fill dealer junk boxes. Numerous varieties exist.

Recorded mintage: 2,764,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 9.4 g, bronze, 30.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-3954; KM-755; Freeman-95.

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.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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