Great Britain 1890 half penny

Goldberg sale 84, lot 4338

This specimen was lot 4338 in Goldberg sale 84 (Los Angeles, January 2015), where it sold for $129. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Halfpenny, 1890. Victoria. NGC graded MS-64 Red & Brown." This type was struck 1874-94 in large numbers and is common tho some dates are rare in nice condition.

Recorded mintage: 11,254,000, a common date.

Specification: 5.4 g, bronze, 25.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S.3956; KM-754.

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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 84: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.

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