Newfoundland 1908 50 cents
This specimen is a common date of a type struck in London and Birmingham for the colony of Newfoundland 1904 and 1907-09. Canada debased her silver dimes from .925 to .800 in 1920 but Newfoundland did not follow suit until 1945. Newfoundland was admitted into the Dominion of Canada in 1949 and her separate coinage ceased. As a class, Newfoundland coinage is scarcer than equivalent Canadian coinage (see KM 12) but collector demand for it is lower so it is often cheaper. This specimen was lot 2572 in Goldberg sale 91 (Los Angeles, June 2016), where it sold for $646.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "Newfoundland. 50 Cents, 1908 NGC MS63. Edward VII. Lovely peripheral gold toning with flashy original mint luster. NGC graded MS-63."
Recorded mintage: 160,000.
Specification: 11.78 g, 0.925 fine silver, .350 troy oz ASW, 32 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 11.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 91: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2016.
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