SX1873a

Sixpence, 1873

Type: SX Sixpence
Year: 1873
Mint: Royal Mint, ordinary issue
Variety: a
Mintage: 4,594,733 struck Young Head
In the collection: 1 example, best at EF Extremely Fine

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 SX1873a 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-270 2 1
Davies: D1079 3 A
Gouby: SX1873 A -
Bull: B3228 A2 1b
Rayner: R1727 A3 -

Condition & value

Held at Extremely Fine. Figures above are catalogue values for a better example.

VG Very Good Below the best grade held
F Fine Below the best grade held
F+ Fine+ Below the best grade held
VF Very Fine Below the best grade held
VF+ Very Fine+ Below the best grade held
EF Extremely Fine Held £110.00
EF+ Extremely Fine+ not catalogued
UNC Uncirculated £350.00
BU Brilliant Uncirculated not catalogued
FDC Fleur de Coin not catalogued

Catalogue figures from CY2026.

The example held

EF Extremely Fine

No obverse photograph yet

Obverse

Small (149) border teeth

No reverse photograph yet

Reverse

10 border teeth centre 1 to centre 3. Die numbers seen: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 26, 29, 31, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 73, 74, 75, 76, 79, 81, 82, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 97, 106, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121, 124.