Great Britain 1859 6 pence
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This specimen was lot 44655 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1859. London Mint. Victoria. NGC MS-64. Deep russet and apricot toning with lighter "pull away" areas around the letters, with pretensions to a higher grade. The reverse is strongly clashed." This type was struck 1838-66 in large quantities with a slightly modified obverse continuing until 1887.
Recorded mintage: 4,689,000 including 1859/8.
Specification: 2.82 g, 0.925 fine silver, 19.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-3908; KM-733.1.
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- 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.
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- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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