Great Britain 1934 penny

Heritage sale 3032, lot 25137

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 25137 in Heritage sale 3032 (Chicago, April 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "George V bronze Proof Penny 1934, PR65 Brown NGC. An outstanding reddish-brown colored Gem with luxurious gloss to the surfaces and attractive mixed yellow and cornflower-blue iridescence throughout. A very usual date in Proof format." This type was issued in large numbers 1928-36 but the proofs are rare.

Recorded mintage: 13,966,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 9.4 g, bronze, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 838, S-4055.

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.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3032, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.

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