Great Britain 1874 6 pence

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Stack's Bowers May 2023 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72422
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This specimen was lot 72422 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1874. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS MS-63. Die #31. Lightly toned yet supremely alluring, this Choice minor featuring Victoria's young head is a dazzling survivor offering great eye appeal." This type was struck 1867-78 with die numbers. This example realized less than half the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: 4,226,000.

Specification: 2.82 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-3910; KM-751.1.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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, May 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Featuring the Richard Elliott Collection of Hooknecks, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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