Newfoundland 1938 cent
This specimen was lot 20508 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), where it sold for $6,325. The catalog description[1] noted, "Newfoundland. George VI Specimen Cent 1938, Specimen 67 RD PCGS, flawless details with gorgeous reflective surfaces, a virtually perfect coin and the finest Newfoundland Specimen bronze coin in existence of any size or monarch." This specimen is a common date of a type struck in Ottawa, Canada, 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: 500,000 plus a few specimens.
Specification: bronze, 19 mm diameter, designed by Percy Metcalfe.
Catalog reference: KM 18.
- 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]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.
Link to:
- 1936 large cent
- 1938 5 cents
- Canada 1938 dollar
- 1940 cent
- Coins and currency dated 1938
- return to coins of Newfoundland