Great Britain 1834 6 pence

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72111

This specimen was lot 72111 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $1,260. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1834. London Mint. William IV. PCGS PROOF-63 Gold Shield. A VERY RARE issue as a proof, this choice specimen features wonderfully brilliant fields and a light degree of frosting to the devices. A light burgundy tone further accentuates its charm and appeal. The finest certified by PCGS. From the Regent Crest Collection." This type was struck for William IV 1831 and 1834-37 in fairly large numbers and this is an available date.

Recorded mintage: 5,892,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 2.82 (not 3.01) g, .925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-3836; KM-712.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th 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]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

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