In 2021 to celebrate Christmas, the Royal Mint released a very special Limited Issue 6D Six Pence Gold Proof Coin struck in solid 22 Carat Red Gold.
The reverse design depicts a crown with 2021 and 'E II R' in writing while the obverse features the Fifth Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Jody Clark.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.
The Sixpence has long been given as a token of good luck, for a new job, moving home, getting married, new baby, baby christening. It has long been tradition to include one in Christmas puddings or in the shoe of a bride fulfilling the traditional rhyme something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a Six Pence in her shoe.
