Isle of Man 1709 penny
This specimen was lot 75184 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "ISLE OF MAN. Penny, 1709. James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby. PCGS VF-20. A crudely manufactured, cast issue. From the Sydney F. Martin Collection." This and the accompanying half penny were issued under the dubious authority of the earl of Derby. Wikipedia comments, "James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby PC (3 July 1664 – 1 February 1736), styled The Honourable until 1702, was a British peer, soldier and politician." On his death, the Isle of Man passed to the dukes of Atholl.
Recorded mintage: 90,000.
Specification: 8.68 g, copper, 29 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-7401; KM-2; Prid-1.
- Alberto Gomes and Francisco Antonio Magro, Moedas Portuguesas e do Território Que Hoje é Portugal: Catálogo das Moedas Cunhadas para o Continentes e Ilhas Adjacentes, para os Territórios do Ultramar e Grão-Mestres Portugueses da Ordem de Malta, 6ª Edição, Lisbon: Associação Numismática de Portugal, 2013.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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