Great Britain 1881-H penny

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 1064

This specimen was lot 1064 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $2,600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1881-H. PCGS PROOF-64 RD. Obverse 11, reverse M. Brilliant flashing red surfaces. In an old green holder. From the Kevin Tierney Collection." This Heaton Mint issue is a fairly common date. This penny was struck 1874-94 in several varieties and is common, tho the proofs are rare. Worn specimens fill dealer junk boxes. Numerous varieties exist.

Recorded mintage: 3,763,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 9.4 g, bronze, 30.8 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-3955; KM-755; Freeman-109.

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.
• Freeman, Michael J., The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Rev. Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2006.
• Peck, C. Wilson, English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed., London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
• ^[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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