United Kingdom Coins: Type Collecting

United Kingdom Coins: Type Collecting - Six Pence

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1816-1820

0.925 silver, weight 2.8276 grams.
King George III.
1821

King William IV.
1824-1826

1826-1829

1831-1837

King William IV.
1838-1887

Weight 3.01 grams.
Queen Victoria.
Minor changes to portrait starting 1867, and again starting 1880.
1887

1887-1893

1893-1901

1902-1910

King Edward VII.
1911-1920

King George V.
1920-1927

Fineness reduced from 0.925 to 0.5 silver.
1928-1936

Major change to reverse.
1937-1946

King George VI.
1947-1948

Struck in copper-nickel.
1949-1952

Obverse legend without ":IND:IMP".
1953

Queen Elizabeth II.
1954-1967

Obverse legend without ":BRITT:OMN".
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