Great Britain 1957 6 pence

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Heritage sale 3024, lot 24425
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 24425 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it sold for $1,175. The catalog description[1] noted, "Elizabeth II Proof Sixpence 1957, PR66 Cameo PCGS, a most pleasing example of this rare Proof of Record, showing original copper-nickel toning." This type was issued in large numbers 1954-70 but the proofs are rare. The interwoven rose, thistle, shamrock and leek on the reverse represent England, Scotland, northern Ireland and Wales.

Recorded mintage: 108,342,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 2.83 g, copper-nickel, 19.3 mm diameter, designed by Mary Gillick.

Catalog reference: S-4149, KM 903.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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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