Great Britain 1897 penny

Heritage sale 3064, lot 33127

This specimen was lot 33127 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $600. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Victoria Penny 1897 MS65 Red PCGS. A pleasing example of the normal sea level variety, this piece exudes bright coppery color and luster that softly folds itself, without intruding, on the devices." This penny was struck 1893-1901 in large numbers. Note the die breaks on the obverse.

Recorded mintage: 20,757,000, common, tho the high sea level variety is scarce.

Specification: 9.45 g, bronze.

Catalog reference: KM 790, S-3961.

Source:

• 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.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

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