Collection / Sixpence

SX1857a

Sixpence, 1857

Recorded as a coin that exists. No example of it is in the collection.

Type

SX Sixpence

Year

1857

Mint

Royal Mint, ordinary issue

Variety

a

Mintage

2,233,440 struck Young Head

In the collection

Not held

Monarch

Victoria

Diameter

19 mm

Weight

2.8 g

Metal

Silver

Reverse

Coin (↑↓)

The mintage is the striking's, not this variety's — the varieties were never counted separately. An issue may also have been struck more than once, so another variety of SX1857a may belong to a different striking from this one.

Obverse inscription

VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D:

Reverse inscription

SIX PENCE, Date

CC2000

VY6D-140 1 1

Davies

D1055 1 A

Gouby

SX1857 A -

Bull

B3198 A1 1a

Rayner

R1704 A1 -