Sixpence

2026 Silver Sixpence – Charles III - Despite no longer being legal tender, the Royal Mint produces a new sixpence coin regularly for collectors, especially around Christmas where it is a traditional gift.

2025 Silver Sixpence – Charles III - The 2025 silver sixpence is minted in BU .925 Sterling Silver weighing 3.35g with a diameter of 19.41mm.

Guide to Collecting Shillings - The Shilling (written 1/-) is one-twentieth of a pound, worth 12 old pence (5 new pence). Shillings are old coins and the English shilling has been around since about 1549

Introduction to British Coins – Current and Pre-Decimal - British coinage has a long history. The article describes the current coinage and the coins of the century or so before that.

1953 Sixpence – Elizabeth II - First Issue, includes the words BRITT OMN. The first issue coins were only minted in 1953. This sixpence is made from Cupro-Nickel.

2024 Sixpence – Silver – Charles III - The 2024 Sixpence. Despite no longer being legal tender, the Royal Mint produces a new sixpence coin regularly for collectors, especially around Christmas.

1554 Sixpence – Philip and Mary - Minted at the Tower Mint in London with a diameter 27mm. There are some variants. Obverse shows busts of Philip and Mary facing each other.

1693 Sixpence – William and Mary - Silver sixpence of King William III and Queen Mary II minted by the Royal Mint at the Tower Mint in London in 1693.

The Sixpence - The Sixpence (half a shilling) was a British silver coin that was first minted 1551 and virtually continuously until decimalisation in 1971.

1816 Sixpence – George III - The Reverse, by Thomas Wyon, shows a crowned quartered shield of arms, with another shield at the centre. The legend HONI SOIT Q MAL Y PENSE is in a garter.