Jamaica 1950 penny
This specimen was lot 23215 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "JAMAICA. Penny, 1950. NGC PROOF-65. Carefully produced and preserved with bright yellow surfaces as a result of the nickel-brass composition that are lightly toned, displaying a trace of reddish color beneath the king's bust. Very elusive in this proof format and especially desirable as a Gem." This type was also struck in 1952. The denomination was struck in copper-nickel until 1928; then converted to nickel brass in 1937. The series ended in 1969 when the coinage was decimalized.
Recorded mintage: 600,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 7.5 g, nickel brass, 27 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM-35.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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- 1947 penny
- 1955 penny
- Coins and currency dated 1950
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