Great Britain 1687 6 pence
This specimen was lot 52165 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1687. London Mint. James II. NGC MS-63. Type II Shield variety. RARE in the present state; sixpence were an uncommon denomination as whole prior to the Great Recoinage of 1695, and a Mint State survivor is seldom seen. This deeply toned and lustrous example takes the spot as the sole finest certified of the variety by NGC." This type was struck 1685-87 during James's brief reign. We also note KM 456.1 for 1685-87 with slightly different shaped shields on the reverse. A 1687/6 overdate is noted.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.01 g, 0.925 fine silver.
Catalog reference: S-3413; KM-456.2; ESC-777.
- 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.
- Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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