Great Britain 1887 6 pence KM-760

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This type, struck 1887-93, superseded the young head type struck 1838-87 in various styles. Both were issued in 1887 but the Jubilee head is much more common.

Recorded mintage: 3,676,000 (including young head) plus proofs.

Specification: 2.82 g, 0.925 fine silver, .084 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: S-3929, KM-760.

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.
• 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.

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