1880 sixpence

[Guest mark_I'm_a_Guest]

Hi there to all.

My old drier died over the weekend, and while pulling it apart to try

and repair it, out fell a bunch of coins.

One was an 1880 six pence from UK.

The Queen Victoria head is inverted on the coin.

I know Us coins are like that but sisn't think Uk coins were.

learn something new every day I guess.

Drier was an old Uk model so it might of been in there a long time.

Cheers all.

Mark

[Geoff T 3]

Yes, the inversion is deliberate. It's called reverse die axis and was the norm on many British coins up to the late 19th century. The oppostite - parallel die axis as on our modern coins - only became standard for silver with the Jubilee head coinage introduced in 1887.

The value of your 6p will depend on its condition, but I suspect that if it's been in the drier for a long time it will not only have taken a few knocks but will effectively have been cleaned, both of which will diminish its value.

Hope this helps - G