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Revision as of 09:36, 31 March 2023
This specimen was lot 74251 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GUERNSEY. 4 Doubles, 1885-H. Heaton Mint. NGC SPECIMEN-61 Brown. An attractive coin, with sharp strike detail and dark coffee-colored patina." This type was struck 1864, 1868, 1874, 1885-H, 1889-H and 1893 at the Heaton mint for Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. Four doubles = half penny.
Recorded mintage: unknown but proof only.
Specification: 4.84 g, bronze, 26.1 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-5.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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