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[[Image:SB1020-71726o.jpg|300px|thumb|from Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71726]]
 
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[[Image:SB621-71475o.jpg|300px|thumb|from Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71475]]
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This specimen was lot 71726 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $100. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. 1/3 Farthing, 1902. London Mint. NGC MS-63 Red Brown. Mostly red with some speckled tone on the obverse." This type was struck 1902 only and circulated mostly in the colonies. Its face value, 1/2880 of a pound, was too low to be useful in Britain proper. One more issue, in 1913, completed the series.
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The first specimen was lot 71726 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $100. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. 1/3 Farthing, 1902. London Mint. NGC MS-63 Red Brown. Mostly red with some speckled tone on the obverse." The second specimen was lot 71475 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $100. The catalog description<sup>[2]</sup> noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/3 Farthing, 1902. London Mint. PCGS MS-66 Red Brown Gold Shield. Single year issue for the type. This Edward VII issue still shows a lot of the mint red with some various toning colors on the bust creating an interesting effect." This type was struck 1902 only and circulated mostly in the colonies. Its face value, 1/2880 of a pound, was too low to be useful in Britain proper. One more issue, in 1913, completed the series.
  
 
''Recorded mintage'': 288,000.
 
''Recorded mintage'': 288,000.
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* 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.
 
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins,'' Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
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* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, ''The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins,'' Santa Ana, CA: [http://www.stacksbowers.com Stack's Bowers LLC], 2020.
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* <sup>[2]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
  
 
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* [[Great Britain 1885 1/3 farthing|1885 ⅓ farthing]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1885 1/3 farthing|1885 ⅓ farthing]]
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* [[Great Britain 1902 half penny|1902 half penny]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 penny|1902 penny]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 penny|1902 penny]]
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* [[Great Britain 1902 half penny|1902 half penny]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 penny KM-795|1902 Maundy penny]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 penny KM-795|1902 Maundy penny]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 2 pence|1902 Maundy tuppence]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 2 pence|1902 Maundy tuppence]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 3 pence|1902 Maundy threepence]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 3 pence|1902 Maundy threepence]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 4 pence|1902 Maundy groat]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 4 pence|1902 Maundy groat]]
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* [[Great Britain 1902 6 pence|1902 sixpence]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 shilling|1902 shilling]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 shilling|1902 shilling]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 florin|1902 florin (2 shillings)]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 florin|1902 florin (2 shillings)]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 half crown|1902 half crown]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 half crown|1902 half crown]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 crown|1902 crown]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 crown|1902 crown]]
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* [[Great Britain 1902-C dollar|1902-C trade dollar]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 1/2 sovereign|1902 half sovereign]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 1/2 sovereign|1902 half sovereign]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 sovereign|1902 sovereign]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 sovereign|1902 sovereign]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 2 pounds|1902 2 pounds]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 2 pounds|1902 2 pounds]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 5 pounds|1902 5 pounds]]
 
* [[Great Britain 1902 5 pounds|1902 5 pounds]]
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* [[Great Britain 1913 1/3 farthing|1913 ⅓ farthing]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1902]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1902]]
  
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[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2020 Collector's Choice sale]][[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2021 Collector's Choice sale]]

Latest revision as of 17:15, 27 February 2025

from Stack's Bowers October 2020 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71726
SB1020-71726r.jpg
from Stack's Bowers October 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71475
SB621-71475r.jpg

The first specimen was lot 71726 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2020), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/3 Farthing, 1902. London Mint. NGC MS-63 Red Brown. Mostly red with some speckled tone on the obverse." The second specimen was lot 71475 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[2] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 1/3 Farthing, 1902. London Mint. PCGS MS-66 Red Brown Gold Shield. Single year issue for the type. This Edward VII issue still shows a lot of the mint red with some various toning colors on the bust creating an interesting effect." This type was struck 1902 only and circulated mostly in the colonies. Its face value, 1/2880 of a pound, was too low to be useful in Britain proper. One more issue, in 1913, completed the series.

Recorded mintage: 288,000.

Specifications: bronze.

Catalog reference: S-3993; KM-791.

Sources:

  • Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2020 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.
  • [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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