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Collection Sixpence

SX1870a

Sixpence, 1870

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

Type
SX Sixpence
Year
1870
Mint
Royal Mint, ordinary issue
Variety
a
Mintage
479,613 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 SX1870a 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-230 2 1
Davies
D1075 3 A
Gouby
SX1870 A -
Bull
B3221 A2 1b
Rayner
R1721 A3 -
No reference image yet

Obverse

No description recorded.

No reference image yet

Reverse

Die numbers seen: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 19.

Condition & value

No example held. These are catalogue values for one at each grade.

  1. VG Very Good not catalogued
  2. F Fine £15.00
  3. F+ Fine+ not catalogued
  4. VF Very Fine £35.00
  5. VF+ Very Fine+ not catalogued
  6. EF Extremely Fine £130.00
  7. EF+ Extremely Fine+ not catalogued
  8. UNC Uncirculated £375.00
  9. BU Brilliant Uncirculated not catalogued
  10. FDC Fleur de Coin not catalogued

Catalogue figures from CY2026.