SX1889a
Sixpence, 1889
- Type
SXSixpence- Year
1889- Mint
- Royal Mint, ordinary issue
- Variety
-
a - Mintage
- 8,738,928 struck
- In the collection
- 1 example, best at VF+ Very Fine+
- Monarch
- Victoria - Jubilee Head
- Diameter
- 19 mm
- Weight
- 2.8 g
- Reverse
- Medal (↑↑)
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
SX1889a may belong to a
different striking from this one.
- Obverse inscription
- VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
- Reverse inscription
- SIX PENCE, Date
- CC2000
VJ6D-455 5 4- Davies
D1164 1 C- Gouby
SX1889 A -- Bull
B3279 B 1c- Rayner
R1757 C -
Condition & value
Held at Very 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+ Held £18.00
- EF Extremely Fine £35.00
- EF+ Extremely Fine+ not catalogued
- UNC Uncirculated £80.00
- BU Brilliant Uncirculated not catalogued
- FDC Fleur de Coin not catalogued
Catalogue figures from CY2026 (October 2026).
The example held
VF+ Very Fine+
Obverse
No description recorded.
Reverse
Large design, thin low outline under f-de-lys