Great Britain 1875 6 pence

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Goldberg sale 112, lot 2124
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This specimen was lot 2124 in Goldberg sale 112 (Los Angeles, September 2019), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. Sixpence, 1875. Victoria. Die number 30. Very nice mint state example. NGC graded MS-64." This sixpence, roughly equal to a dime, was struck 1838-87 and is common in all grades. This date comes with and without die numbers.

Recorded mintage: 3,257,000.

Specification: 2.83 g, .925 silver.

Catalog reference: S.3910; ESC-1729; KM-751.1.

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]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 112: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2019.

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