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Hi all, just a quick one...

Does anyone know if the standard currency 1838 and 1839 sixpences were struck with a milled edge or a plain edge, or both? 

Thanks, Jack

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Milled edge.

There is an 1839 plain edge proof, however.

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Hi Jaggy, that was my belief. It was just that I noticed there is a 1838 sixpence in the St James sale tomorrow which is stated as being plain edge. It is slabbed and said to have been cleaned but I am wondering if the plain edge attribution would suggest an impaired proof? I haven't personally come across an 1838 proof as they seem much more difficult to acquire than the 1839's. Maybe it is an incorrect attribution?

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I tried to have a look at the St. James catalogue but it won't download for me. From memory (I don't have my reference books with me) there are no varieties listed for 1838 and I was certainly not aware of a plain edge currency piece. For my own purposes, I have trawled both ESC and Davies and listed the Victoria sixpence varieties (mainly for my buy list) and a plain edge 1838 isn't one of them.

I'm not really a proof collector although I do have a plain edge 1839 proof so not sure if there is an 1838 proof which would fit the description.

Who slabbed the coin and is there a certificate number we could look up?

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It's not a plain edge, the description is wrong.  The picture on the saleroom.com shows a milled edge.

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