Newfoundland 1943-C cent
This specimen was lot 23289 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. Newfoundland. Cent, 1943-C. Ottawa Mint. NGC MS-64 Red Brown. A boldly struck Cent with silky luster and a hint of red brick color." This specimen is a common date of a type struck in Ottawa, Canada, for the colony of Newfoundland 1938-47. Canada switched to small cents in 1920 but Newfoundland did not follow suit until 1938. 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: 1,239,732.
Specification: 3.2 g, bronze, 19 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-18.
- 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 January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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