Newfoundland 1917-C 50 cents

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from Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71228
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formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection
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The first specimen was lot 71228 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. Newfoundland. 50 Cents, 1917-C. Ottawa Mint. PCGS MS-64+ Gold Shield. A sharply struck and highly attractive near-Gem example displaying booming cartwheel luster with just a hint of light tone in the peripheries." This type was struck in Ottawa for Newfoundland in limited numbers 1911 and 1917-19 and is fairly available in grades up to extremely fine. This date is common.

Recorded mintage: 375,560 + proofs.

Specifications: 11.78 g, 0.925 fine silver, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-12.

Sources:

  • 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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