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This specimen was lot 56703 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $360. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. 6 Pence, 1607. London Mint; mm: Crown. James I. NGC AU-55." For some reason, the sixpence was the only coin of James I that regularly bore dates. That is why we know that this type was struck 1605-15. This example realized substantially less than the catalog value.
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This specimen was lot 56703 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $360. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Great Britain|GREAT BRITAIN]]. 6 Pence, 1607. London Mint; mm: Crown. James I. NGC AU-55." For some reason, the sixpence was the only coin of James I that regularly bore dates. The coronet mintmark shown here appeared 1607-09. The reverse legend, "QUAE·DEVS·CONIVNXIT·NEMO·SEPARET", translates as, "What God hath joined let no man put asunder". This example realized substantially less than the catalog value.
  
 
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* [[Great Britain 1605 6 pence KM-25|1605 sixpence]]
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* [[Great Britain 1605 6 pence KM-25|1605 sixpence, ''QUAE·DEVS·CONIVNXIT·NEMO·SEPARET'']]
 
* [[Great Britain (1607-09) shilling|(1607-09) shilling, coronet mintmark]]
 
* [[Great Britain (1607-09) shilling|(1607-09) shilling, coronet mintmark]]
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* [[Great Britain (1607-09) thistle crown Fr-238|(1607-09) thistle crown, coronet mintmark]]
 
* [[Great Britain (1607-09) double crown|(1607-09) double crown, coronet mintmark]]
 
* [[Great Britain (1607-09) double crown|(1607-09) double crown, coronet mintmark]]
 
* [[Great Britain (1607-09) unite Fr-234|(1607-09) unite, coronet mintmark]]
 
* [[Great Britain (1607-09) unite Fr-234|(1607-09) unite, coronet mintmark]]
* [[Great Britain 1621 6 pence|1621 sixpence]]
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* [[Great Britain 1608 6 pence|1608 sixpence, coronet mintmark]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1607]]
 
* [[Coins and currency dated 1607]]
  
 
[[Category: Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale]]
 
[[Category: Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale]]

Latest revision as of 10:08, 30 October 2025

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 56703
SB124-56703 rev.jpg

This specimen was lot 56703 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1607. London Mint; mm: Crown. James I. NGC AU-55." For some reason, the sixpence was the only coin of James I that regularly bore dates. The coronet mintmark shown here appeared 1607-09. The reverse legend, "QUAE·DEVS·CONIVNXIT·NEMO·SEPARET", translates as, "What God hath joined let no man put asunder". This example realized substantially less than the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.01 g, 0.925 fine silver, this specimen 2.79 g.

Catalog reference: S-2658; KM-48.

Source:

  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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