South Africa 1893 penny

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 43414

This specimen was lot 43414 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SOUTH AFRICA. Penny, 1893. Pretoria Mint. PCGS EF-45 Brown." This coin was issued 1892-94 and 1898 by the Afrikaner republic before its conquest by the British. This is the key date after some very rare proofs of 1892. This example realized only half the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: 11,000.

Specification: 9.3 g, bronze, 29 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-2.

Source:

• Hern, Brian, John Bothma and Hercie Pieterse, Hern's Handbook on South African Coins & Patterns, Ferndale, South Africa, 2013.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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