Ok, this sixpence looks ok but something not quite right about it on the obverse, I can post the reverse if you like later. Tell me, oh readers, what do you think?
LOL, ok no fooling you Sir! Actually a nice coin but the picture makes it look like the streetcar ran over it.....Ok then, GTG, and I assure you the lustre is most "proper".
Which would you rather have, the OP coin or this? GTG if you like, a bit much toning but looks natural.
I would prefer the OP coin because of that luster! The luster tricked me into thinking it was a 64+ ha! I do not know this series well but I’ll gtg again anyways. I’d go MS62 on the second one.
I agree on aesthetics and the 1854 is a bit dull with all of the toning. However even though both are likely as nice as you will see, it is the 1854 6d that is one of the very rarest currency issues of Victoria. It is ex-Cheshire and the best graded at the TPGs (if that means anything). It is. graded 63 but I believe if some of the toning are removed that it might also go 64 or possibly 5.
Certainly a rare Victoria silver. Similar, or rarer, silver coins that come to mind are the 1839 and 1841 half-crowns; the 1854 godless florin, the extremely rare 1847 tanner (or sixpence), and I think there's a rare threepenny bit but I can't recall the date. Don't mind me - I'm just jealous I haven't got anything even a quarter as good!
Actually with all due respect the 1854 6d is much scarcer than the shilling of that date and about equal to the florin. They are just a bit scarcer than the 1839 half crown with all of these scarcer than the 1841. Another one you can throw up is a true uncirculated 1893 Jubilee head 6d. The 1863 florin is also in the mix and ahead of the 1841 2/6
The 1847 6d is probably the rarest EXCEPT the only known specimen is in the vf range with inscription carved into it - not known in unc.