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Edited by NumisMattyUk
10/01/2007 10:19 am
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G'day, I'm collecting U.K. coins of 1887. There were three sixpences: yours is the 2nd, or withdrawn, type. Bot as commonly found as type 3. Curiously, most type 2's are in better grades. They only circulated for a few months, and it seems that a lot were "put aside" when the decision was made to withdraw them.
The token seems to depict Field Marshall WELLINGTON: the hooter is the clue. The names around his portrait are his victories in the Peninsular campaign 1808~14.
Vimeiro - (modern spelling) (August 20, 1808)
Battle of Talavera (July 27-28, 1809)
Battle of Buçaco (modern spelling) (September 27, 1810)
Battle of Badajoz (March 16-April 6, 1812)
Battle of Salamanca (July 22, 1812)
I don't know the significance of the word "Cossack", nor of the figure on that side of the token.
If you have an explanation, I'd like to hear it.
another very nice acquisition.
Peter in Oz
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I love that sixpence !!  |
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Very nice. |
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Hi Peter_Thomas - to me, the names of Wellington's battles with Napoleon during the Peninsular
war were the indication that is was Wellington, the great war hero. I do not know what "the cossack"
signifies though it does seem intriguing. I know there are several types of sixpence for the year
1887, which was due to the original sixpences being gold-plated and passed off as model sovereigns -
due to the similarity in size.
Several people who were caught doing this were actually hanged for it!
(I could be wrong there it may have been the shillings ;)
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10/02/2007 5:09 pm
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there were 3 sixpences in 1887.
The first was YH, no problem.
Yours is Type 2: which could be coloured and passed off. This was withdrawn.
Type 3 avoided the problem of Type 2.
Hanging for coinage offences was abolished circa 1832.
Peter
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From Collectors' Coins GB 2007 - page 44
"The first type Jubilee head sixpence was quickly withdrawn due to it being of similar design
to roughly the same size half sovereign. At least one person was actually hanged for gold
plating a sixpence in order to pass it off as a half sovereign."
Matt
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10/03/2007 07:42 am
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Re. the significance of "Cossack" - it refers to the help received from Russian Cossacks in the Peninsular Wars. A man on ebay who was selling one of these un-holed told me it was mainly the Russian Cossacks who were responsible for the victory over Napoleon in the Peninsular wars. |
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I really like the sixpence also. I'm having a terribly hard time trying to find a nice one for my type set. Very nice |
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Very nice, I particually like the 4 pence of William IV.
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Great looking coins NumisMattyUk.
I have a small collection of English coins dated before 1900 and really like the earlier coins. Still buying to improve ehat I have.
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^Bm - if you keep looking I will be probably be listing more in selling or auction forums in the future as I pick up lots of these due to my ideal location. ^Echi - I'm glad you liked the 'groat' as that was my favourite and nobody else has mentioned it so far. Goog lukc ChristinaM, hope you get an aUNC one eventually  |
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