Great Britain 1931 penny

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Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale, lot 1112
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers Galleries

This specimen was lot 1112 in Stacks-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $564. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1931. ANACS PROOF-63 RB. RARE in proof. Sharply struck with considerable mint red." This type was issued in large numbers 1928-36 but the proofs are rare.

Recorded mintage: 19,843,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 9.4 g, bronze, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-4055; KM-838.

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.
  • 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 January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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