Great Britain 1743 6 pence
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This specimen was lot 75597 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $528. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1743. London Mint. George II. PCGS MS-62. From the Richard August Collection." This type, featuring an older bust of the king, was struck 1743, 1745-46 (most with "LIMA"), 1750-51 and 1757-58. The roses were deleted from the reverse after 1745.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.01 g, 0.925 fine silver, 21 mm diameter, diagonally reeded edge.
Catalog reference: S-3709; KM-582.1.
- 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]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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