Great Britain 1952 6 pence
This specimen was lot 24417 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $1,527.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "George VI Proof Sixpence 1952, PR64 PCGS, exceptionally choice with brilliant silvery surfaces. The crowned monogram on reverse was changed in 1949, modernized and given an italicized look, also lacking claims to the Indian empire, and this design occurred on sixpence coins only until 1952. The final date of this denomination struck for King George VI has long been popular among collectors, and a truly choice UNC is difficult to locate, but the Proof of Record is elusive; unpriced in the 2013 SCBC, but given a value of $1500 by the Krause catalogue." This type was issued in large numbers 1949-52 but the proofs are rare. No shillings or florins exist dated 1952 and the 1952 half crown is unique.
Recorded mintage: 1,012,999 plus proofs.
Specification: 2.83 g, copper-nickel, 19.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-4110, KM 875.
- 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.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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