England 1573 6 pence
The first specimen was lot 26429 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1573. London Mint; mm: ermine. Elizabeth I. PCGS VF-30. Obverse: Crowned and mantled bust left; rose to right; Reverse: Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchee. Deeply toned and fairly well circulated, though all details remain clearly present. From the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection." The second specimen was lot 75398 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[2] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1573. London Mint; mm: Acorn. Elizabeth I. PCGS AU-53. Obverse: Crowned bust left; Reverse: Long cross fourchee. From the Richard August Collection." The first milled coinage made in England appeared at this time, but the process was slow and expensive. Hammered coinage would continue until the 1660's and would not be taken out of circulation until the 1690's.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.01 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: S-2562; N-1997. The second specimen is S-2563; N-1997.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
- [2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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