Newfoundland 1912 20 cents
This specimen was lot 70361 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $65. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. Newfoundland. 20 Cents, 1912. PCGS AU-58 Secure Holder. Lots of luster and toning, with a trace of rub on the king's mustache. This is what an AU-58 is supposed to look like." This was the first issue of twenty cent pieces since 1904 and the last of the denomination, being superseded by the 25 cent piece of 1917. It was, however, minted in sufficient quantity that it is not rare. 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 but collector demand for it is lower so it is often cheaper.
Recorded mintage: 350,000.
Specification: 4.71 g, 0.925 fine silver, .140 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-15.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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