Newfoundland 1885 cent

from Stack's Bowers 2016 ANA sale, lot 20320

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 20320 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Anaheim, CA, August 2016), where it sold for $1,175. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CANADA. Newfoundland. Cent, 1885. NGC MS-64 RB. KEY DATE. The lowest mintage date in the entire series with only 40,000 struck and with most surviving examples heavily worn. The current NGC census suggests it is the finest graded, and the only piece seen that isn't brown. Mostly red, an impressive piece that is sure to capture the imagination of any collector of this Canadian province." This specimen is a scarce date of a type struck in London and Birmingham for the colony of Newfoundland 1865-96.

Recorded mintage: 40,000 plus proofs.

Specification: bronze.

Catalog reference: KM-1.

Source:

• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, The August 2016 Anaheim ANA Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2016.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 47th Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 1993.

Link to:

• 1880 cent
• 1885 5 cents
• 1885 10 cents
• 1885 50 cents
• 1885 2 dollars
• Newfoundland 1896 cent
• Coins and currency dated 1885