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| − | * Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, | + | * Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011. |
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. | * 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. | * Bressett, Kenneth E., ''A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed.,'' Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962. | ||
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* [[Great Britain 1887 2 pounds|1887 2 pounds]] | * [[Great Britain 1887 2 pounds|1887 2 pounds]] | ||
* [[Great Britain 1887 5 pounds|1887 5 pounds]] | * [[Great Britain 1887 5 pounds|1887 5 pounds]] | ||
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* [[Coins and currency dated 1887]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1887]] | ||
[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:43, 13 February 2022
This specimen was lot 70828 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, February 2020), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Farthing, 1887. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS MS-64 Red Brown Gold Shield. A lustrous and bright Farthing with nearly complete mint red." The bronze farthing was struck in moderate numbers 1860-73 with a toothed border and 1874-95 with minor changes to Britannia.
Recorded mintage: 1,341,000.
Specification: 2.86 g, bronze, 20 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-3958; KM-753.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- 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.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The February 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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