Great Britain 1879 6 pence

Goldberg sale 116, lot 1567

This specimen was lot 1567 in Goldberg sale 116 (Los Angeles, June 2020), where it sold for $180. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Sixpence, 1879. Victoria. Uncirculated with a golden blue tone. Scarce thus. PCGS graded MS-64." This subtype was struck 1871, 1877-80 without die numbers.

Recorded mintage: 3,326,000 + proofs.

Specification: 2.83 g, .925 silver.

Catalog reference: S.3911; ESC-1736; KM-751.2.

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 116: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.

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