6 Pence - George IIII 2nd reverse (1824–1826)

One row for each year the 6 Pence - George IIII 2nd reverse was struck. Prices are medians of verified sold listings matched to that year from the listing: circulated is worn condition up to Extremely Fine, uncirculated is About Uncirculated or better. A count in brackets means fewer than three sales behind the figure; a grey figure marked "type" is the median across every year, shown where that year has no sale of its own yet. Most types have been searched year by year only since October 2026, so later years are still filling in. Use the grade table below for a price by condition across all years.

About the 1824 6 Pence - George IIII 2nd reverse

The 1824 6 Pence - George IIII 2nd reverse is a circulating 6 pence coin issued from 1824 to 1826, struck in 92.5% silver. It weighs 2.83g and measures 19mm across. Reverse design: © Heritage Auctions.

Mintage figures are recorded for 3 years between 1824 and 1826, 1,805,700 coins in all. 1825 is the scarcest date, with 483,100 struck. It is no longer legal tender (withdrawn 1980), so its value is to collectors only.

Common questions

History and design

George IV's first sixpence, of 1821, had a garnished shield on the reverse. When the sixpence was struck again in 1824, the shield was placed inside the Garter, matching the shilling of the time. Tony Clayton counts this as the second of three reverses used on the sixpence during the reign, struck from 1824 until the obverse and reverse both changed in 1826.

Output was modest. Coin Hunter gives 633,600 for 1824 and 483,120 for 1825, and the Heritage catalogue quoted by Coinvarieties calls these a substantial retreat from the millions made from 1817 to 1820. For 1826 Coin Hunter gives 689,040, but Coinvarieties notes that this figure includes the new lion type of that year.

The obverse keeps the laureate head of the king facing left, the portrait the Royal Mint Museum records Benedetto Pistrucci engraving for the first coins of the reign in 1820. The Royal Mint Museum's example of 1824 reads GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: around.

The reverse shows the crowned shield of the royal arms within the Garter inscribed HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, with ANNO and the date below. The edge is milled. George IV disliked Pistrucci's portrait, and Wikipedia records that when Pistrucci refused to copy a bust by Francis Chantrey, the new coinage was engraved by others. On the sixpence that change came in 1826.

Collecting notes

Coinvarieties calls this type decidedly expensive in nice condition. Wear shows first on the laurel leaves and on the Garter lettering. An 1826 sixpence must be checked for type: the Garter coin has the laureate head, while the later one has a bare head with the date below and a lion on a crown, listed as the lion sixpence.