Great Britain 1885 6 pence

Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction, lot 73382

This specimen was lot 73382 in Stack's Bowers May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $149. The catalog description^[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1885. London Mint. Victoria. ANACS MS-64." This sixpence, roughly equal to a dime, was struck 1838-87 and is common in all grades.

Recorded mintage: 4,652,700 plus proofs.

Specification: 2.83 g, 0.925 fine silver, 19.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-3912; KM-757.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, May 2026 World Premier Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2026.
• 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.

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• 1884 sixpence
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• 1885 farthing
• 1885 penny
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• 1885 threepence
• 1885 Maundy groat
• 1885 shilling
• 1885 florin
• 1885 half crown
• 1885 half sovereign
• 1885 sovereign
• 1886 sixpence
• Coins and currency dated 1885