Great Britain 1906 6 pence

Goldberg sale 81, lot 2321

This specimen was lot 2321 in Goldberg sale 81 (Los Angeles, September 2014), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain. Sixpence, 1906. Edward VII. Light golden peripheral tone. Tough to locate in mint state. NGC graded MS-65." This type was struck 1902-10. Unlike the larger silver denominations which were modernized, the reverse design carries over from Victorian issues.

Recorded mintage: 7,641,000.

Specification: 2.82 g, 0.925 fine silver, .084 troy oz ASW, 19.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S. 3983, KM 799.

Source:

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 81: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.

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