Great Britain 1838 6 pence

Heritage sale 3024, lot 24308

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 24308 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $763.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Victoria Sixpence 1838, Young Head, MS66 PCGS, fully struck with immaculate surfaces and pleasing light silvery golden gray toning. From The Kairos Collection." This type was struck 1838-66 in large quantities with a slightly modified obverse continuing until 1887.

Recorded mintage: 1,608,000.

Specification: 2.82 g, 0.925 fine silver, .084 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: S-3908, KM 733.1.

Sources:

• Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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