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azda

1841 Sixpence up for sale

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I think it's maybe the first gold victorian sixpence i've seen. It has H35 and 500 scratched in the OBV just to the right of the last A in VICTORIA

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Is that the Davies 1141?

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That's a really weird one. The obverse is not a sixpence.

 

Sleepy has it I think - it's the half sovereign obverse, gold proof error. Davies 1141 indeed.

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2 hours ago, azda said:

I think it's maybe the first gold victorian sixpence i've seen. It has H35 and 500 scratched in the OBV just to the right of the last A in VICTORIA

Screenshot 2017-04-13 10.31.59.png

An interesting mule.  Sixpence reverse and half sovereign obverse.

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If you look up Davies he says there was a gold 1841 sixpence with a half sov' obverse and sixpence reverse.

 

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British Silver Coins by Peter J Davies, 1982, the 'bible' of silver varieties from 1816 (now out of print, but I believe there are copies available?).

He lists £3500 for a genuine example back then - anyone's guess now.

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Unless its the same piece, there was another specimen being batted about a couple of years ago...I seem to recall it having a bit more marking on it. I love the 6d series but this coin unreachable for those of us on an ordinary budget....

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1 hour ago, PWA 1967 said:

Not having a clue ,what kind of guide / price is that please ?.

It sold for $18,500 when it was sold at Goldbergs in 2016.

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what about these 2 from their previous auction?

florin

half crown

personally i would love to have a off metal gold half crown or sixpence but suppose i am not unique in that boat ;) 

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£52,000 each, that would be some boat

34 minutes ago, rpeddie said:

what about these 2 from their previous auction?

florin

half crown

personally i would love to have a off metal gold half crown or sixpence but suppose i am not unique in that boat ;) 

 

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There is a 1797 penny i am aware of in solid gold not gilt that would cost a few quid :o

The two coins posted above are stunning :)

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I believe the florin above is ex-Norweb: 7.8M yen is above 71k USD. Another was sold by Spink about 10 years ago for 15k USD.

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