Great Britain 1898 penny

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72535

photo courtesy Stacks Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 72535 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1898. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown Gold Shield. A vibrant near Gem from the final years of Victoria's reign, this specimen abounds with a delightful red-brown nature." This penny was struck 1893-1901 in large numbers. Varieties exist in the height of the sea level.

Recorded mintage: 20,757,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 9.45 g, bronze.

Catalog reference: S-3961; KM 790.

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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The June 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

Link to:

• 1897 penny
• 1898 shilling
• 1898 crown
• 1898-B trade dollar
• 1898 half sovereign
• 1898 sovereign
• 1899 Maundy penny
• 1901 penny
• Coins and currency dated 1898