Toned 1845 sixpence

Blackhawk

I may have posted this one before (years ago). I got this in a group of British coins a few years ago...some of the coins were toned and if memory serves me right a few now reside in the collection of Auldfartte. What appear to be marks or scratches on both sides are actually outlines of the elements of the opposite side caused by clashed dies. I wish that it didn't have the dink in the neck though.

Doogy

sweet colors on that one, nice find!

Doug

ozzysdad47

Nice coin, cool toning.

7Jaguars

Yes, nice color. Strike and clashes: not deeply struck and certainly clashes present. Many times the first signs of wear and/or cabinet friction are on the incompletely struck up hair strands near and above Vick's ear.

Slightly related subject: not sure why there are so many well preserved silver bits of the first 25 years of Vick - I guess these coins did not circulate as much as the bronze or alternatively that we have all the ones that were saved with the worn specimens melted, and that a 6d had a lot of purchasing power in the 1840's...

7Jaguars

Yes, very nice colors indeed! I look for cabinet friction in the incompletely struck hair strands above Vicky's ear...

JoesMaName

I wonder if your coin is known as a high 4 variety, I doubt all the prepared dies for that year had such a high 4 in the date.