Jamaica 1903 penny
This specimen was lot 1105 in Sedwick Treasure Auction 38 (Winter Park, FL, November 2025), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAMAICA, copper-nickel penny, Edward VII, 1903, NGC MS 65, "top pop," ex-Rudman. Brilliant cartwheel luster with faint golden toning, minimal tiny marks, choice strike, tied with seven others for finest in the NGC census. Pedigreed to the Isaac Rudman Collection (stated on label)." The official coinage of Jamaica begins with issues of copper-nickel farthings, half pennies and pennies during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). These denominations were continued into the reign of Edward VII with a minor change in heraldic shading on the reverse between the issues of 1902-03 and 1904-10. Despite the limited mintages, none are rare.
Recorded mintage: 60,000.
Specification: 8.1 g, copper-nickel, 30.9 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: Prid-29; KM-20.
- Byrne, Ray, Coins and Tokens of the Caribees, Decatur, IL: Jess Peters, Inc., 1975.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Pridmore, F., The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations to the end of the Reign of George VI 1952: Part 3, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras and the British West Indies, London: Spink & Son, 1965.
- [1]Sedwick, Daniel Frank, Augi Garcia, Cori Sedwick Downing, Connor Falk and Sarah Sproles, Auction 38, World, U.S Coins and Paper Money, featuring the Jorge Ugaz Collection of Lima Silver Cob 2 Reales and the Darby Collection of Guatemala Silver Cobs, Winter Park, FL: Daniel Frank Sedwick LLC, 2025.
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