Great Britain 1905 penny KM-795

Goldberg sale 116, lot 1600

This specimen was lot 1600 in Goldberg sale 116 (Los Angeles, June 2020), where it sold for $48. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Silver Penny, 1905. Edward VII. Dazzling iridescent golden green toning. Gem Uncirculated." Long obsolete as a circulating coin, this type was struck 1902-10 for the Maundy sets.

Recorded mintage: 18,000.

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

Catalog reference: S.3989; KM-795.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.
• 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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 116: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.

Link to:

• 1902 silver penny
• 1904 silver penny
• 1904 Maundy tuppence
• 1905 half penny
• 1905 penny
• 1905 sixpence
• 1905 shilling
• 1905 florin (2 shillings)
• 1905 half crown
• 1905 half sovereign
• 1905 sovereign
• Coins and currency dated 1905