New Brunswick 1864 5 cents
This specimen was lot 1040 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $2,040. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. New Brunswick. 5 Cents, 1864. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS MS-62. "Large 6" variety. A beautiful example of a popular provincial type, this piece offers well endowed details and deep tone. Seldom seen in as nice condition as this example, only two pieces have been graded better by PCGS." In 1861, the province of New Brunswick retired its collection of semi-official tokens and introduced decimal coinage. A full range of denominations, from half cent to twenty cents, was issued 1861-64. This date is very scarce in choice condition.
Recorded mintage: 100,000.
Specification: 1.17 g, 0.925 fine silver, .035 troy oz ASW, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-7.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
Links to: