Great Britain 1902 1/3 farthing

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from Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71726
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from Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71475
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The first specimen was lot 71726 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/3 Farthing, 1902. London Mint. NGC MS-63 Red Brown. Mostly red with some speckled tone on the obverse." The second specimen was lot 71475 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[2] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/3 Farthing, 1902. London Mint. PCGS MS-66 Red Brown Gold Shield. Single year issue for the type. This Edward VII issue still shows a lot of the mint red with some various toning colors on the bust creating an interesting effect." This type was struck 1902 only and circulated mostly in the colonies. Its face value, 1/2880 of a pound, was too low to be useful in Britain proper. One more issue, in 1913, completed the series.

Recorded mintage: 288,000.

Specifications: bronze.

Catalog reference: S-3993; KM-791.

Sources:

  • Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
  • [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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