Great Britain 1895 penny

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 1067

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 1067 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $4,406.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1895. PCGS PROOF-65 BN Secure Holder. Reverse B. Toning on flashing surfaces. From the Kevin Tierney Collection." This penny was struck 1893-1901 in large numbers. The 1895 is common tho some of the minor varieties are rare.

Recorded mintage: 5,396,000 in several varieties of spacing between trident and "PENNY."

Specification: 9.45 g, bronze.

Catalog reference: S-3961; KM-790; Freeman-142.

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.

Link to:

• 1894 penny "old head"
• 1895 half penny
• 1895 2 pence (halfgroat)
• 1895 4 pence (groat)
• 1895 sixpence
• 1895 shilling
• 1895 half crown
• 1895 crown
• 1895-B dollar
• 1895 half sovereign
• 1896 penny
• Coins and currency dated 1895
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