Great Britain 1608 6 pence
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This specimen was lot 75449 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $264. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1608. London Mint; mm: Coronet. James I. PCGS VF-35. From the Richard August Collection." This type was struck 1605-16 with numerous mintmarks. The coronet mintmark shown here appeared 1607-09. The reverse legend, "QUAE·DEVS·CONIVNXIT·NEMO·SEPARET", translates as, "What God hath joined let no man put asunder".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.01 g, 0.925 fine silver, 27 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-2658; N-2103; KM-48.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
- 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.
- [1]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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