Great Britain 1821 six pence
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This coin was lot 9421 in Ponterio sale 150 (Los Angeles, August 2009), where it sold for $1552.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "GREAT BRITAIN. 6 Pence, 1821. Ex: Terner Collection. Beautifully toned, PCGS MS-68." The type was struck in 1821 only and is the first and scarcest of three types (KM 678, 691 and 698) to feature king George IV (r. 1820-30). Sixpences were struck at this standard until 1920.
Recorded mintage: 863,000.
Specification: 2.82 g, .925 fine silver, .084 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: S-3813; KM 678.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, and Kent Ponterio, Ponterio sale 150: The 2009 Los Angeles ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Bowers and Merena, 2009.
- 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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