Great Britain 1939 penny

Stack's Bowers 2014 ANA sale, lot 1076

This specimen was lot 1076 in Stack's Bowers ANA auction (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $1,762.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. Penny, 1939. PCGS PROOF-64 BN Secure Holder. Toning over flashing brilliant surfaces. Pedigree: From the Kevin Tierney Collection." This type was issued in large numbers 1937-48 but the proofs are rare. The type of 1949-52 deleted "IND IMP" from the king's title after India obtained her independence.

Recorded mintage: 55,560,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 9.4 g, bronze, 31 mm diameter, designed by George Krueger-Gray.

Catalog reference: S-4114; KM-845; Freeman-225.

Source:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• ^[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.

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