Great Britain (1638-42) 6 pence

Stack's Bowers 2025 NYINC sale, lot 37068

This specimen was lot 37068 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $528. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, ND (1638-42). Aberystwyth Mint; mm: Book. Charles I. PCGS EF-45. From the Richard August Collection." Aberystwyth in Wales operated briefly as a royalist mint during the Civil War. It struck silver coins from threepence up to half crowns. Wikipedia comments, "From 1639 to 1642, silver coins were minted at Aberystwyth Castle on behalf of the Royal Mint, using silver from local mines. £10,500 in currency was produced." Due to the primitive conditions, many die varieties exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.01 g, 0.925 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S-2886; N-2333; Morrieson-A-1, KM 96.

Source:

Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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