This silver sixpence (tanner, or 6d) illustrates how cheaper metals were introduced in British coin manufacture. This Queen Elizabeth sixpence is from 1957, when 'tanners' were made from cupro-nickel. This photo shows the reverse / back of the coin. A sixpence was considered a lucky coin, and one might be baked inside a Christmas pudding for one lucky diner to find. The sixpence also features in a children's rhyme that goes back to at least the 18th century: Sing a song of sixpence A pocketful of rye Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. Mosre sixpences: . Coin | Square - Composition | Rear View | Old-fashioned | Metal

High Resolution JPEG Picture of This silver sixpence (tanner, or 6d) illustrates how cheaper metals were introduced in British coin manufacture. This Queen Elizabeth sixpence is from 1957, when 'tanners' were made from cupro-nickel. This photo shows the reverse / back of the coin. A sixpence was considered a lucky coin, and one might be baked inside a Christmas pudding for one lucky diner to find. The sixpence also features in a children's rhyme that goes back to at least the 18th century: Sing a song of sixpence A pocketful of rye Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. Mosre sixpences: . [466251048] stock photo