Great Britain (1631-32)-B 6 pence

Heritage sale 3073, lot 32923

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 32923 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Charles I 6 Pence ND (1631-1632) XF45 NGC, Briot's mint, Flower and B mm. A true testament to the superior quality of 17th-century English milled coinage, the king's bust fully detailed with a few minor adjustment marks and an alluring crispness about the whole left wanting by the monarch's hammered issues. From the Lake County Collection."

Nicholas Briot (1579-1646) was an engraver and medallist. He failed in his efforts to persuade French mint authorities to adopt modern milling machinery and so moved to London, where he was hired by Charles I. He produced a series of milled coins in the early 1630's (including the sixpence shown here) and was sent by the king to Scotland to reform the mint there. He later served with the royalists in the Civil War and retired to France at the conclusion of that conflict. Hammered coinage continued in France until the 1650's and in England until 1664.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.01 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 164, S-2855.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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