Great Britain 1877 penny

Goldberg sale 78, lot 3244

photo courtesy Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

This specimen was lot 3244 in Goldberg sale 78 (Los Angeles, January 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Penny, 1877. Large date. Victoria. A scarce and beautiful uncirculated coin with virtually full mint red. NGC graded MS-64 Red & Brown." This penny was struck 1860-94 in several varieties and is common, tho the proofs are rare. Large and small dates are noted for the year, with the small date listed as rare.

Recorded mintage: 9,625,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 9.4 g, bronze, 31 mm diameter.

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, Yifu Che and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg sale 78: the pre-Long Beach Auction, Ancient and World Coins, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, 2014.

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