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[[Image:Great Britain 1806 penny obv Ponterio 169-10421.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 169, lot 10421]] | [[Image:Great Britain 1806 penny obv Ponterio 169-10421.jpg|300px|thumb|Ponterio sale 169, lot 10421]] | ||
[[Image:Great Britain 1806 penny rev Ponterio 169-10421.jpg|300px|thumb]] | [[Image:Great Britain 1806 penny rev Ponterio 169-10421.jpg|300px|thumb]] | ||
| + | [[Image:GB 1806 penny obv DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb|formerly in the Mountain Groan Collection]] | ||
| + | [[Image:GB 1806 penny rev DSLR.jpg|300px|thumb]] | ||
| − | + | The first specimen was lot 10421 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $306. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1806. "K" on truncation. PCGS MS-64 BN. From the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation." This type of 1806-08 is the only issue of copper pennies between 1799 and 1825, being struck at the Boulton and Watt mint in Birmingham. Despite a desperate shortage of small change which permitted the issue of a profusion of counterfeits and private tokens, the mint made little effort to produce copper coins until the 1820's. This penny was accompanied by a half penny and farthing ([[Great Britain 1806 farthing|KM 661]]). | |
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common. | ''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but common. | ||
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''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ''[[Bibliography|Source:]]'' | ||
| + | * Freeman, Michael J., ''The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Rev. Ed.,'' London: Spink & Son, 2006. | ||
* 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. | ||
* <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012. | * <sup>[1]</sup>Ponterio, Richard, ''Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction,'' Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012. | ||
* 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. | ||
* Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date'', London: Coincraft, 1995. | * Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, ''Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date'', London: Coincraft, 1995. | ||
| + | * Peck, C. Wilson, ''English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed.,'' London: Oxford University Press, 1970. | ||
* Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011. | * Skingley, Philip, ed., ''Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition,'' London: Spink & Son, 2011. | ||
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* return to coins of [[Great Britain]] | * return to coins of [[Great Britain]] | ||
| − | [[Category: Selections from Ponterio sale 169]] | + | [[Category: Selections from Ponterio sale 169]][[Category:Selections from the Mountain Groan Collection]] |
Latest revision as of 09:32, 31 March 2025
The first specimen was lot 10421 in Ponterio sale 169 (Baltimore, November 2012), where it sold for $306. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1806. "K" on truncation. PCGS MS-64 BN. From the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation." This type of 1806-08 is the only issue of copper pennies between 1799 and 1825, being struck at the Boulton and Watt mint in Birmingham. Despite a desperate shortage of small change which permitted the issue of a profusion of counterfeits and private tokens, the mint made little effort to produce copper coins until the 1820's. This penny was accompanied by a half penny and farthing (KM 661).
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: copper.
Catalog reference: S-3780; KM-663.
- Freeman, Michael J., The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Rev. Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2006.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 169: The November 2012 Baltimore Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers, LLC, 2012.
- 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.
- Peck, C. Wilson, English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum, 1558-1958, 2nd Ed., London: Oxford University Press, 1970.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
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