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6 Pence - Charles I 4th bust, group D
| Issuer | Royal Mint (Tower Mint) |
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| Year | 1632-1638 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
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| Obverse lettering | CAROLVS`.D`.G`.MA`.BR`.FR`.ET`.HI`.REX·[mint mark]· VI (Translation: Charles by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland) |
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| Mintage | ND (1632-1633) - Sp#2811, KM#95; mm. Harp (87) - ND (1633-1634) - Sp#2811, KM#95; mm. Portcullis (107) - ND (1633-1634) - Sp#2812, KM#95; mm. Portcullis (107) - ND (1634-1635) - Sp#2813, KM#95; mm. Bell (60) - ND (1635-1636) - Sp#2813, KM#95; mm. Crown (75) - ND (1636-1638) - Sp#2813, KM#95; mm. Tun (123) - |
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The Group D sixpences were produced during the years Charles I was attempting to govern without Parliament — the period historians call the Personal Rule. Mint output during the 1630s was shaped less by trade demand than by the Crown's chronic need to finance itself through extra-parliamentary means, including forced loans and ship money levies that were generating serious political resistance by the mid-decade.
Spink numbers 2811 through 2813 differentiate the group by mintmark, running from the crown through the harp and portcullis marks. The portcullis, used 1633–34, is the scarcest of the three.