Great Britain 1846 6 pence

Stack's Bowers 2022 NYINC sale, lot 7283

This specimen was lot 7283 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1846. London Mint. Victoria. PCGS MS-65. This attractive Gem exhibits frosty, fully lustrous original surfaces and pleasing sunset toning colors throughout." This type was struck 1838-66 in large quantities with a slightly modified obverse continuing until 1887. This is a common date.

Recorded mintage: 4,267,000.

Specification: 2.82 g (not 3.01 g as reported in the SCWC), .925 fine silver, 19.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-3908; KM-733.1.

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.
• 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.
• 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 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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