Misspelt Victorian silver sixpence a rarity, say experts
A Victorian silver coin uncovered by a detectorist turned out to be something of "a rarity" when the eagle-eyed finder spotted a spelling error on it.
The erroneous "D" would have been an "embarrassment" for the engraver who stamped the coins, experts said. David Stuckey found the Victorian sixpence earlier this month and posted photographs of it on his Facebook page.It came to the attention of numismatist and coin dealer Martin Platt, from Truro, Cornwall, who knew of the history of the coins from a book called A New History of the Royal Mint - a 1992 work collated by specialist Christopher Challis.
When Cyprus introduced its own currency the following year, the coins were returned to the UK to be melted down, but some did get into circulation.
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