Newfoundland 1890 20 cents
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This specimen was lot 76277 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. Newfoundland. 20 Cents, 1890. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, EF Details. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck fairly steadily for Newfoundland 1865-1900, which preferred twenty cent pieces to the quarters used in Canada proper. It is rather low priced in circulated condition but rare in high grade. The smallness and poverty of the colony kept mintages low.
Recorded mintage: 100,000, a common date.
Specification: 4.71 g, 0.925 fine silver, .140 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-4.
- 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.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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