Great Britain 1881 6 pence
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This specimen was lot 2174 in Goldberg sale 93 (Los Angeles, September 2016), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "Great Britain. 6 Pence, 1881 PCGS MS64. Victoria. Young head. Lovely iridescent toning. PCGS graded MS-64." This sixpence, roughly equal to a dime, was struck 1838-87 and is common in all grades altho choice specimens are expensive. The bust was slightly modified in 1880.
Recorded mintage: 6,239,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 2.82 g, 0.925 fine silver, .084 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: S.3912; ESC-1740; KM-757.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- 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.
- [1]Tucker, Warren, and Cris Bierrenbach, Heritage Signature Auction 3020: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
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