Gibraltar 1842/1 2 quarts

Heritage sale 3026, lot 24816

This specimen was lot 24816 in Heritage sale 3026 (Long Beach, October 2013), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Victoria Proof 2 Quarts 1842/1, PR65 RB NGC, the mirrored surfaces showing some abrasions. Rare." This coin was part of a brief issue of circulating copper coinage comprising half, one and two quarts. Some proofs were struck for collectors 1860-61 and the coinage ceased until the colony fell into the clutches of the Popjoy mint in recent times.

Recorded mintage: 48,000 plus proofs.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM 2.

Source:

• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3026, World & Ancient Coins, featuring the RLM Collection, Part Two, the Nogales Collection and the Goetz Medals Die Archive, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
• 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.

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• Gibraltar (1841) 1/2 quart
• Gibraltar 1842 1/2 quart
• 1861 2 quarts
• Coins and currency dated 1842
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