British Sixpences

Mark of Value 'VI' on Obverse of Charles I Sixpence

Obverse of 1583 Sixpence

Obverse of 1831 Sixpence

The Story of the Sixpence

Edward VI 1547 - 1553
1550 Sixpence

Elizabeth I 1558 - 1603
1562 Milled Sixpence
1571 Sixpence
1572 Sixpence
1573 Sixpence
1574 Sixpence
1575 Sixpence
1578 Sixpence
1579 Sixpence
1580 Sixpence
1583 Sixpence
1593 Sixpence
1596 Sixpence

James I 1603 - 1625
1604 Sixpence

Charles I 1625 - 1649
1631 - 1632 Sixpence
James II 1658 - 1688
1687/6 Sixpence

William III and Mary II 1688 - 1694

William III 1694 - 1702
1696 Sixpence
1697 Sixpence

Anne 1702 - 1714
1711 Sixpence

George I 1714 - 1727
1723 Sixpence

George II 1727 - 1760
1739 Sixpence
1757 Sixpence
1758 Sixpence

George III 1760 - 1820
1787 Sixpence
1816 Steam-Milled Sixpence
1818 Sixpence

George IV 1820 - 1830
1821 Sixpence
1829 Sixpence

William IV 1830 - 1837
1831 Sixpence

Victoria 1837 - 1901
1839 Young Head Sixpence
1840 Young Head Sixpence
1871 Young Head Sixpence
1877 Young Head Sixpence
1878 Young Head Sixpence
1881 Young Head Sixpence
1883 Young Head Sixpence
1887 Jubilee Head Sixpence
1893 Old Head Sixpence
1897 Old Head Sixpence
1898 Old Head Sixpence
1900 Old Head Sixpence
1901 Old Head Sixpence

Edward VII 1901 - 1910
1902 Bare Head Sixpence
1909 Bare Head Sixpence
1910 Bare Head Sixpence

George V 1910 - 1936
1911 Bare Head Sixpence
1911 Bare Head Sixpence Proof
1912 Bare Head Sixpence
1913 Bare Head Sixpence
1914 Bare Head Sixpence
1916 Bare Head Sixpence
1917 Bare Head Sixpence
1918 Bare Head Sixpence
1919 Bare Head Sixpence
1923 Bare Head Sixpence
1924 Bare Head Sixpence
1926 Bare Head Sixpence
1928 Bare Head Sixpence
1935 Bare Head Sixpence

George VI 1936 - 1952
1945 Bare Head Sixpence
1948 Bare Head Sixpence
1950 Bare Head Sixpence

Elizabeth II acc. 1952
1953 Young Laureate Head Sixpence
1954 Young Laureate Head Sixpence
1958 Young Laureate Head Sixpence
1964 Young Laureate Head Sixpence
1966 Young Laureate Head Sixpence

Other Sixpences
Wedding Sixpences
Christmas Sixpences
The Sixpence Across Three Centuries

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Historical Notes on England's Kings and Queens
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