View source for Gibraltar 1842 1/2 quart

[[Image:SB824-46272o.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale, lot 46272]]
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This specimen was lot 46272 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Chicago, August 2024), where it sold for $264. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Gibraltar|GIBRALTAR]]. 1/2 Quart, 1842. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS MS-63 Brown." This coin was part of a brief issue of circulating copper coinage comprising half, one and two quarts. Some proofs were struck for collectors 1860-61 and the coinage ceased until the colony fell into the clutches of the Popjoy mint in recent times.

''Recorded mintage:'' 387,000. 

''Specification:'' copper, 18 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-1; Prid-10.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2003.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''August 2024 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, featuring The Emilio M. Ortiz Collection, The Richard Margolis Collection and The Rutherford Collection,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Gibraltar (1841) 1/2 quart]]
* [[Gibraltar 1842/1 2 quarts]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1842]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 ANA sale]]