Lucky Wedding Coin - 1959 English Sixpence for HER Shoe

For more than a century, the famous Victorian dressing rhyme "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, a lucky sixpence in your shoe" has been guiding brides around the world in preparing their wedding attire. Here, we are offering early 20th Century British copper nickel sixpence coins, the very ones mentioned in that traditional rhyme! These "lucky copper nickel wedding coins" make wonderful gifts for betrothed young brides or any "young lass" looking forward to her big day, said to bring "wealth and good fortune" to any wedding. To be placed in a bride's left shoe to ensure marital bliss!

The sixpence coins being offered depict LEEK, ROSE, THISTLE, and SHAMROCK, along with her Majesty the QUEEN, and have the following specifications: DIAMETER: 19.5mm, WEIGHT(g): 2.8, METAL: COPPER NICKEL(COPPER NICKEL). The SIX PENCE WAS FIRST INTRODUCED UNDER EDWARD VI IN 1547, and soon became one of the most popular denominations. During the reign of GEORGE II, it was also known as the TANNER, after SIGISMUND TANNER, who designed some issues. SIXPENCES WERE STRUCK DURING MOST REIGNS and last produced for circulation in 1967. Under ELIZABETH I, SIXPENCES WERE BENT AND GIVEN TO LADIES ON THEIR ENGAGEMENT, IF THE GENTLEMAN COULD NOT AFFORD A RING.

These are stock photos of a very similar lightly circulated 1959 sixpence. Order these world-famous Victorian "good luck charms" today, and give a touch of history and tradition to the special day of the betrothed young bride or "young lass"!

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