British Guiana 1836 1/8 guilder

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 6511

British Guiana, composed of the older colony Essequibo & Demerary and territory annexed south along the river courses. The area would achieve independence as Guyana in 1966. This specimen was lot 6513 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $264. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH GUIANA. 1/8 Guilder, 1836. London Mint. William IV. NGC AU-58. A nicely preserved and toned example of this tiny, one-year type."

Recorded mintage: 180,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 0.97 g, 0.816 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-22.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Pridmore, F., The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations to the end of the Reign of George VI 1952: Part 3, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras and the British West Indies, London: Spink & Son, 1965.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

Link to:

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