Sixpence 1914, Coin from United Kingdom

Sixpence 1914, Coin from United Kingdom (demonetised 1980)

Coin	Sixpence 1914

The pre-decimal sixpence (6d) was a unit of currency equalling one fortieth of a pound sterling, or six pence sterling. It was used in the United Kingdom, and earlier in Great Britain and England.

This design, featuring the English lion on top of St Edwards Crown, was introduced at the beginning of the reign of King George V in 1911 - bringing it in line with the shilling which carried the "lion on crown" design since 1902, and was issued until 1927.

The composition was Sterling Silver (0.925) with 0.0841 oz ASW (ounce of Absolute Silver Weight) until 1920 when it was debased to 50% (0.0452 oz ASW) together with the rest of the silver coinage. Sixpences continued to be legal tender for a while after the currency became decimal in 1971, with a value of 2 1⁄2 new pence, until they were demonetised on 30th June 1980. Thus, a sixpence coin issued in 1914 was legal tender for 66 years.

Mint	Royal Mint	Mint Mark	No mint mark	Total Mintage	22,714,602 (22.7 million)
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Obverse

Within a beaded border, the obverse of the coin shows the bare (uncrowned) head of King George V facing left.

Below, on the neck truncation in small letters, are the designer's initials B.M. (for [Sir Edgar] Bertram Mackennal )

Around, part of the the monarch's legend: GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX. Translated from Latin: George the Fifth, by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains. The rest of the legend is on the reverse.

Obverse Inscription	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX

Reverse

The centre of the reverse shows St Edward's Crown surmounted by the crowned Lion of England. Named after Saint Edward the Confessor, the crown has been traditionally used to crown English and British monarchs at their coronations since the 13th century (with a two-century gap between 1689 and 1911). The lion is walking to left, its head turned to face the viewer.

The date of issue 1914 is within the central circle, divided by the crown.

Within a beaded border, around above is the continuation of the monarch's legend: FID: DEF: IND: IMP: (abbreviated from FIDEI DEFENSOR INDIAE IMPERATOR - Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India).

Around below, the denomination (as one word): SIXPENCE.

Reverse Inscription	FID: DEF: IND: IMP: SIXPENCE 1914

Edge	Milled	Edge Inscription	None

Sixpence 1914: References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About
Museums Victoria Collections	2016	Coin description
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mint
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mintage

Showing 100 from a total of 151 coins of type: Sixpence

Coin Name	Mintage	Effigy	Legend
Sixpence 1816	unknown	King George III - Small Head	GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D: 1816
Sixpence 1817	10,921,680	King George III - Small Head	GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D: 1817
Sixpence 1818	4,284,720	King George III - Small Head	GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D: 1818
Sixpence 1819	4,712,400	King George III - Small Head	GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D: 1819
Sixpence 1820	1,488,960	King George III - Small Head	GEOR: III D: G: BRITT: REX F: D: 1820
Sixpence 1821	863,280	King George IV - Laureate Head	GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Sixpence 1824	633,600	King George IV - Laureate Head	GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Sixpence 1825	483,120	King George IV - Laureate Head	GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Sixpence 1826 Second Reverse	689,040	King George IV - Laureate Head	GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Sixpence 1826 Third Reverse	689,040	King George IV - Bare Head	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1826 ·
Sixpence 1827	166,320	King George IV - Bare Head	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1827 ·
Sixpence 1828	15,840	King George IV - Bare Head	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1828 ·
Sixpence 1829	403,920	King George IV - Bare Head	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1829 ·
Sixpence 1831	1,340,195	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Sixpence 1834	5,892,480	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Sixpence 1835	1,555,320	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Sixpence 1836	1,987,920	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Sixpence 1837	506,880	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Sixpence 1838	1,607,760	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1839	3,310,560	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1840	2,098,800	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D:
Sixpence 1841	1,386,000	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1842	601,920	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1843	3,160,080	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1844	3,975,846	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1845	3,714,480	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1846	4,268,880	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1847	unknown	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1848	586,080	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1850	489,960	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1851	2,288,107	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1852	904,587	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1853	3,837,930	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1854	840,116	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1855	1,129,084	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1856	2,779,920	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1857	2,233,440	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1858	1,932,480	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1859	4,688,640	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1860	1,100,880	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1862	990,000	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1863	491,040	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1864	4,253,040	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1865	1,631,520	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1866	5,140,080	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1867	1,362,240	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1868	1,069,200	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1869	388,080	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1870	479,613	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1871	3,662,684	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1872	3,382,049	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1873	4,594,733	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1874	4,225,726	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1875	3,256,646	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1876	941,435	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1877	4,066,486	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1878	2,624,525	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1879	3,326,313	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1880	3,892,051	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1881	6,239,447	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1882	759,809	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1883	4,986,558	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1884	3,422,565	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1885	4,652,771	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1886	2,728,249	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1887 Old Wreath Design	3,675,607	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:
Sixpence 1887 Withdrawn Type	3,675,607	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Sixpence 1887 New Wreath Design	3,675,607	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Sixpence 1888	4,197,698	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Sixpence 1889	8,738,928	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Sixpence 1890	9,386,955	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Sixpence 1891	7,022,734	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Sixpence 1892	6,245,746	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Sixpence 1893 Jubilee Head	341,000	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT: REGINA F: D:
Sixpence 1893 Veiled Head	7,010,000	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Sixpence 1894	3,467,704	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Sixpence 1895	7,024,631	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Sixpence 1896	6,651,699	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Sixpence 1897	5,031,498	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Sixpence 1898	5,914,100	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Sixpence 1899	7,996,804	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Sixpence 1900	8,984,354	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Sixpence 1901	5,108,757	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Sixpence 1902	6,372,501	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Sixpence 1903	5,410,096	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Sixpence 1904	4,487,098	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Sixpence 1905	4,235,556	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Sixpence 1906	7,641,146	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Sixpence 1907	8,733,673	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Sixpence 1908	6,739,491	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Sixpence 1909	6,584,107	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Sixpence 1910	12,490,724	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Sixpence 1911	9,161,317	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Sixpence 1912	10,984,129	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Sixpence 1913	7,499,833	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Sixpence 1914	22,714,602	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Sixpence 1915	15,694,597	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Sixpence 1916	22,207,178	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Sixpence 1917	7,725,475	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
Sixpence 1918	27,558,743	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX
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Sixpence 1914: Details

Country	United Kingdom
Currency	Pound Sterling (pre-decimal)
Coin Type	Sixpence, Lion on Crown
Issued	1914
Monarch	King George V
Effigy	King George V - Bare Head, by Bertram Mackennal
Reverse	Imperial Crown - St Edward's Crown and the Tudor Crown
Face Value	6 (x Penny)
Total Mintage	22,714,602 (22.7 million)
Current	No; demonetised 1980
Material	0.925 Silver
Designer	George William de Saulles
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Orientation	Medal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size	19.3000 mm
Thickness	1.0000 mm
Mass	2.8276 g
OCC ID	JWMR-AOQP-CDJW-EYPL

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Sixpence 1914: Photos

Image	Details
	Great Britain 1914 6 Pence Copyright: smarty_marty24 Source
	Great Britain 1914 6 Pence Copyright: smarty_marty24 Source

Sixpence 1914: Catalogue Reference IDs

Source	Reference ID
Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom	4014
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	Great Britain KM# 815

Sixpence 1914, Coin from United Kingdom - detailed information