Great Britain 1708 6 pence KM-522.1

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Heritage sale 3073, lot 32970
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 32970 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "Anne 6 Pence 1708 AU55 PCGS. Ashen with relatively contained spots of weakness and a very nice bust of the queen. From the Lake County Collection." This type was struck at the London and Edinburgh mints 1707-08 and 1711 and is fairly common. Other sixpences for 1708 include KM 522.2, KM 522.3, KM 530.1 and KM 530.2.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.01 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 522.1.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • 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.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • [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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