England 1573 6 pence

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 26429

This specimen was lot 26429 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1573. London Mint; mm: ermine. Elizabeth I. PCGS VF-30. Obverse: Crowned and mantled bust left; rose to right; Reverse: Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchee. Deeply toned and fairly well circulated, though all details remain clearly present. From the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection." The first milled coinage made in England appeared at this time, but the process was slow and expensive. Hammered coinage would continue until the 1660's and would not be taken out of circulation until the 1690's.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.01 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-2562; N-1997.

Source:

• 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, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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