1887 wreath reverse 6d variety

[1887jubilee]

recognized as a variety, accepted as a variety, appearing in print as a variety.....you tell me, i was simply asking as a 6d collector if there had been any progress since the last posts!!!!!.

Hello, I can confirm that from the information available to date I consider this coin to be a variation of the wreath type S3929. So far I have identified 20 1887 sixpences excluding the 12 additional patterns by Spink & Son

ESC 1778-1784A. I should add that the 20 includes only one for the R/I variety BSC 1152. This is a difficult area and only the crispest uncirculated specimins are clear enough to differentiate under a microscope. Suffice it to say there are more than 3 and possibly up to 8 or 10 different R/I types. If you are a sixpence specialist you will probably have come across the recent sale of the Alfred Bole collection which is as fine as any I have seen but when it comes to the nit picking anorak like me there will always be a dot missing or a slightly different overstrike to keep my wife board to tears for hours on end. Previous commentators are right, most are worth little more than the usual coins. The exception is with pennys which because there are so many collectors fetch daft prices. Writing a paper about the 1887 series may help but the same could be said of any date. If you have anything of interest in the 1887 sixpences or would like to discus further please reply here in the first instance with contact details and I will respond as soon as I see it.

[1887jubilee]

recognized as a variety, accepted as a variety, appearing in print as a variety.....you tell me, i was simply asking as a 6d collector if there had been any progress since the last posts!!!!!.

Hello, I can confirm that from the information available to date I consider this coin to be a variation of the wreath type S3929. So far I have identified 20 1887 sixpences excluding the 12 additional patterns by Spink & Son

ESC 1778-1784A. I should add that the 20 includes only one for the R/I variety BSC 1152. This is a difficult area and only the crispest uncirculated specimins are clear enough to differentiate under a microscope. Suffice it to say there are more than 3 and possibly up to 8 or 10 different R/I types. If you are a sixpence specialist you will probably have come across the recent sale of the Alfred Bole collection which is as fine as any I have seen but when it comes to the nit picking anorak like me there will always be a dot missing or a slightly different overstrike to keep my wife board to tears for hours on end. Previous commentators are right, most are worth little more than the usual coins. The exception is with pennies which, because there are so many collectors, fetch daft prices. Writing a paper about the 1887 series may help but the same could be said of any date. If you have anything of interest in the 1887 sixpences or would like to discus further please reply here in the first instance with contact details and I will respond as soon as I see it.

[ski]

thank you for the reply........i will check out my collection at closer detail and will contact you if i find anything unusual ( to me anyhow, as a collector and nonexpert).

I am familier with the recent sale of the Alfred Bole collection and was amazed at some of the 6d coins that existed which i had no previous knowledge of......okay some were patterns and proofs, but very interesting non the less. Thanks once more.......ski.