Great Britain 1743 penny

Goldberg sale 84, lot 4226

This specimen was lot 4226 in Goldberg sale 84 (Los Angeles, January 2015), where it sold for $117.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Penny, 1743. George II. Deeply toned and high grade for a tiny Georgian coin. NGC graded MS-62." This type was struck 1729-60 and, tho not rare, is difficult to find in nice condition. It is difficult to appreciate that prior to 1797, all English pennies were struck in silver, a holdover from medieval issues.

Specification: 0.50 g, 0.925 fine silver, .014 troy oz ASW.

Recorded Mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: S.3715A; ESC-2339; KM-567.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 84: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.

Links to:

• 1742 half penny
• 1743 sixpence
• 1743 shilling
• 1743 half crown
• 1743 crown
• 1743 guinea
• 1746 penny
• Coins and currency dated 1743