Great Britain 1868 6 pence

Heritage sale 3067, lot 34278

This specimen was lot 34278 in Heritage sale 3067 (Long Beach, September 2018), where it sold for $780. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain: Victoria 6 Pence 1868 MS66 PCGS, Royal mint. Die #17. One of the few nearly tone-free examples from the Cambridge Gate Collection (sold by us in February 2016 for hammer of $750), this brilliant example is currently the single finest graded by PCGS, and comes with no noticeable flaws. Ex. Cambridge Gate Collection." This shilling was struck 1838-87 for circulation. This subtype, with die numbers, was issued 1867-78.

Recorded mintage: 1,069,000, a slightly better date.

Specification: 2.82 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM 751.1, S-3910.

Source:

Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
Bressett, Kenneth E., A Guide Book of English Coins, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, 2nd Ed., Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing, 1962.
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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, 2018 September 6-11 Long Beach Expo World Coins & Ancient Coins Signature Auction #3067, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.

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