Newfoundland 1876-H 20 cents
This specimen was lot 55643 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "CANADA. Newfoundland. 20 Cents, 1876-H. Birmingham (Heaton) Mint. Victoria. PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, AU Details." This type was struck fairly steadily for Newfoundland 1865-1901, which preferred twenty cent pieces to the quarters used in Canada proper. It is rather low priced in circulated condition but rare in high grade. The smallness and poverty of the colony kept mintages low. This date shares most common date status with 1881.
Recorded mintage: 90,000.
Specification: 4.71 g, 0.925 fine silver, .140 troy oz ASW, 23.2 mm diameter, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-4.
- Cross, W. K., The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 62nd Ed., Toronto: Charlton International, 2008.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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