|
Michael Coins Ltd |
Other Lists
COIN CLUB
|
|
|
|
|
SX 1856 A - Normal length line below PENCE To the left - from back of E & in front of wreath leaf. To the right - Midway below C to the left of the wreath leaf. |
SX 1856 B - Longer length line below PENCE To the left - from before E & to tip of wreath leaf. To the right - from back tip of E & to right of wreath leaf. |
SX 1856 A (Normal length line) below PENCE is the norm used from 1838.
I have an 1855 B sixpence where the line below Pence is nearly obliterated
for some reason; possibly damaged die ? See damaged reverse die
Was a new die made because of that damage and this new longer line added ?
The catalogues suggest that that the two reverses are of similar rarity.
I disagree and believe that the longer line reverse type is scarcer for 1856.
As I don't have any 1857 sixpences at present I cannot comment on which
of the two reverses used is the scarcest !
However, evidence from other dealer lists suggest that the longer line is
the scarcer of the two types.
| Back to Sixpences |