Great Britain 1825 6 pence

Heritage sale 3029, lot 31418

This specimen was lot 31418 in Heritage sale 3029 (New York, January 2014), where it sold for $223.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "George IV Sixpence 1825, MS62 NGC. A gorgeous toned representative with banded shades of color and reflected gleam in the fields. A light wipe accounts for the grade." This three year type is noted for 1824-26. It was superseded by the bare head of George IV (KM 698). The mintage recorded here represents a substantial retreat from the levels of 1817-20, when millions were made; this type is decidedly expensive in nice condition. Large mintages would resume in 1834.

Recorded mintage: 483,000.

Specification: 2.82 g, .925 fine silver, .084 troy oz.

Catalog reference: KM 691, S-3814.

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.
• Rayner, P. Alan, and Maurice Bull, English Silver Coinage from 1649, 6th Ed., London: Spink & Son, 2015.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Stuart Levine and Bruce Lorich, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3029, featuring Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part III, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.

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