Great Britain 1890 penny

Goldberg sale 75, lot 4366

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 4366 in Goldberg sale 75 (Los Angeles, September 2013), where it sold for $161. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Penny, 1890. Victoria. Nice uncirculated with lots of mint red. NGC graded MS-63 Red & Brown." This type was struck 1860-74 at London and Heaton with a slightly modified obverse extending to 1894.

Recorded mintage: 15,331,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 8.8 g, bronze.

Catalog reference: S.3954; KM 755.

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.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Jason Villareal and Steven Harvey, Goldberg Sale 75: the pre-Long Beach Sale, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2013.

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