Newfoundland 1873 cent

Steve Album sale 55, lot 1032

This specimen was lot 1032 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $720. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NEWFOUNDLAND: Victoria, 1837-1901, AE cent, 1873, beautiful orange patina with ample luster, PCGS graded MS64 RB." This type was struck intermittently at London and Heaton 1865-96. The last Heaton issue was in 1876.

Recorded mintage: 200,000 plus proofs.

Specifications: 5.67 g, bronze, 25.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-1.

Sources:

• 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

Links:

• 1872-H cent
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• 1873-H 5 cents
• 1873 20 cents
• 1873 50 cents
• 1876-H cent
• Coins and currency dated 1873