Great Britain 1884 penny KM-727

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 56160

This specimen was lot 56160 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Maundy Penny, 1884. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS Prooflike-65." This type, KM 727, was struck 1838-87 for Maundy sets only tho this date is common.

Recorded mintage: 14,000.

Specification: 0.47 g, 0.925 fine silver, 11 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-3920; KM-727.

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1879 Maundy penny
• 1884 farthing
• 1884 penny
• 1884 sixpence
• 1884 shilling
• 1884 florin
• 1884 half crown
• 1884 half sovereign
• 1884 sovereign
• 1886 Maundy penny
• Coins and currency dated 1884