Great Britain 1936 farthing

Heritage sale 3020, lot 24187

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 24187 in Heritage sale 3020 (Long Beach, September 2012), where it sold for $793.13. The catalog description^[1] noted, "George V Proof Farthing 1936, PR64 RB NGC, fading orange-red color, smallest piece from the very rare Proof of Record, or Record Proof, set offered in our sale." This type was issued 1926-36 and this date is common tho proofs are rare.

Recorded mintage: 9,734,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: bronze, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-4061, KM 825.

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.
• ^[1]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.

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