Great Britain 1623 6 pence

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Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 75011
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This specimen was lot 75011 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $312. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1623. James I. PCGS VF-35. Mintmark fleur de lis upon rose. Sixpence coins of James were spent, not saved, so few can be found at a Very Fine level." This sixpence was struck 1621-24. The sixpence was the only denomination to consistently receive dates.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.01 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-2670; KM-77.

Source:

  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
  • 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.

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