Great Britain 1902 6 pence

Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 23772

This specimen was lot 23772 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1902. London Mint. PCGS MATTE PROOF-65 Gold Shield. A pleasing, matte finish Proof with swirls of gray toning and peripheries of green. A match to the 1902 Matte Proof Shilling, Florin and Half Crown we are offering in this sale. From the Trident Collection." This type was struck 1902-10 for Edward VII in respectable numbers. This is the most common date and the only one available in proof.

Recorded mintage: 6,356,000 plus 15,000 proofs.

Specification: 2.82 g, 0.925 fine silver, 19.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-3983; KM-799.

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.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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