Newfoundland 1940 cent

Goldberg sale 93, lot 2110

This specimen was lot 2110 in Goldberg sale 93 (Los Angeles, September 2016), where it sold for $176.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Newfoundland. Cent, 1940 NGC MS63 BR. George VI. NGC graded MS-63 Brown. From the Aurora Family Collection." This specimen is a slightly better date of a type struck in London for the colony of Newfoundland 1938-47. Canada switched to small cents in 1920 but Newfoundland did not follow suit until 1938. Newfoundland was admitted into the Dominion of Canada in 1949 and her separate coinage ceased. As a class, Newfoundland coinage is scarcer than equivalent Canadian coinage but collector demand for it is lower so it is often cheaper.

Recorded mintage: 300,000 plus a few specimens.

Specification: bronze, 19 mm diameter, designed by Percy Metcalfe.

Catalog reference: KM 18.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 93: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2016.

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• 1941 cent
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