Newfoundland 1865 cent

from Stack's Bowers 2017 NYINC sale, lot 6150

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 6150 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2017), where it sold for $282. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CANADA. Newfoundland. Cent, 1865. NGC MS-64 BN. Sharply struck, soothing milk chocolate tone with lustrous hints." The type was struck in London and Birmingham for the colony of Newfoundland 1865-96.

Recorded mintage: 240,000, a slightly better date.

Specification: bronze.

Catalog reference: KM-1.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2017 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Richard Stuart Collection, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
• 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.

Link to:

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