Guernsey 1914-H double

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 1012

This specimen was lot 1012 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $48. The catalog description[1] noted, "GUERNSEY: George V, 1910-1936, AE double, 1914-H, a superb red lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS65 RD." This issue was struck at the Heaton mint for Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, in 1911, 1914, 1929, 1933 and 1938. Eight doubles = one British penny. This date is the scarcest of the five but is not rare.

Recorded mintage: 45,000.

Specification: bronze.

Catalog reference: KM-11.

Source:

  • 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 Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Link to: