Honduras 1857-T G 4 reales
This specimen was lot 1085 in Sedwick sale 25 (Winter Park, FL, May 2019), where it sold for $476. The catalog description[1] noted, "Tegucigalpa, Honduras, copper-lead 4 reales, 1857/2F/G, rare, NGC VF 30 BN, finest and only example in NGC census. KM-20e. At the end of the Honduran provisional series comes this derelict issue that has no silver at all and is not even pure copper, which makes for a dark and dull appearance, yet on this example all the details are clear and the crudeness is at a minimum for the date, which is scarce (this overdate and over-assayer variety being just plain rare, listed without values in KM). NGC #4724563-010." This is the last in a series of increasingly debased minor coinage that started in 1825. The overdate 1857/2 is listed as rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper-lead.
Catalog reference: KM 20e.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia and Cori Sedwick Downing, Treasure Auction 25, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2019.
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- 1855 4 reales
- 1857 8 reales
- Coins and currency dated 1857
- return to coinage of Honduras