Jamaica 1905 1/2 penny
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This specimen was lot 1616 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it sold for $82.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAMAICA: Edward VII, 1901-1910, ½ penny, 1905, PCGS graded MS64." 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: 48,000.
Specification: 5.7 g, copper-nickel, 25.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-22.
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- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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