Great Britain 1949 penny

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 1078

This specimen was lot 1078 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1949. PCGS PROOF-64 BN Secure Holder. Toned with some blue and magenta hues over brilliant surfaces. From the Kevin Tierney Collection." This is the most common date of a type struck 1949-51 but the proofs are rare.

Recorded mintage: 14,324,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 9.4 g, bronze, 31 mm diameter, designed by George Krueger-Gray.

Catalog reference: S-4117; KM-869; Freeman-239.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

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