Difference between revisions of "Great Britain 1895 penny"

From CoinVarieties
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(This page contains material from http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Great_Britain_1895_penny)
 
m (Text replacement - "Stack's Bowers LLC," to "[http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC],")
Line 17: Line 17:
 
* Freeman, Michael J., ''The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Rev. Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 2006.
 
* Freeman, Michael J., ''The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Rev. Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 2006.
 
* Peck, C. Wilson, ''English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
 
* Peck, C. Wilson, ''English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
+
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection,'' Irvine, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2014.
  
 
''Link to:''
 
''Link to:''

Revision as of 10:56, 26 May 2021

Stack's Bowers ANA sale, lot 1067
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 1067 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $4,406.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1895. PCGS PROOF-65 BN Secure Holder. Reverse B. Toning on flashing surfaces. From the Kevin Tierney Collection." This penny was struck 1893-1901 in large numbers. The 1895 is common tho some of the minor varieties are rare.

Recorded mintage: 5,396,000 in several varieties of spacing between trident and "PENNY."

Specification: 9.45 g, bronze.

Catalog reference: S-3961; KM-790; Freeman-142.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • Freeman, Michael J., The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Rev. Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2006.
  • Peck, C. Wilson, English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed., London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2014 Chicago ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the David O'Harrow Collection, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.

Link to: