Great Britain 1865 6 pence

Heritage sale 3082, lot 34101

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was lot 34101 in Heritage sale 3082 (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $780. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Great Britain: Victoria 6 Pence 1865 MS66 PCGS. Die # 19. Visually outstanding with extremely smooth, mark-free surfaces and tone that adds to the eye-appeal on both sides. The single finest graded example of the date at PCGS." This type was struck in large numbers 1838-66 yet circulated extensively. Few survive in high grade. Die numbers were added 1864-66. Researchers have offered various theories as to why tho it seems likely that mint officials wanted to analyze die life.

Recorded mintage: 1,632,000.

Specification: 2.82 g (not 3.01 g as reported in the SCWC), 0.925 fine silver, 19.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 733.2, S-3909.

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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Sam Spiegel, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Online Auction 3082, featuring the Caranett Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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